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Historical Event on 1/16/1948

Pakistan charges India with systematic campaign to wipe out Muslims.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/9/1991India holds the last decennial census of the century.
1/18/1983Indi Singh, Soccer(Football) player, was born in Vancouver, Canada.
10/12/1961Sureshchandra Banerjee, great politician, died.
1/30/1997Fifth Pay Commission submits proposals; minimum salary Rs. 2440 pm and maximum 26,000. Cabinet Secretary 30,000; six-day week; retirement at 60, etc. proposed.
1/30/1997Royal Charter forms the East India Company, setting in motion a process that ultimately results in the subjugation of India under British rule.
5/13/1952Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru again becomes the Prime Minister of India and forms a new union ministry.
2/2/1956The president inaugurated the Bhoodan padyatra led by Dr. Sushila Nayar.
2/2/1956Humayun crossed the Indus and captured Lahore and ousted Sikandar Suri of Delhi throne.
9/4/1997Madhavrao Scindia, Tariq Anwar, Meira Kumar, Oscar Fernandes and R. R. Dhawan appointed AICC general-secretaries by party president Sitaram Kesri.
12/1/2000An armed intruder snipes at naval commando Satvir Singh at the official residence of the Navy Chief Admiral Sushil Kumar in the high- security Rajaji Marg area in New Delhi. The Navy sets up an enquiry board to probe the incident.