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Historical Event on 1/16/1995

India and USA form new trade framework called Indo-US Commercial Alliance and signs contracts worth $ 1.4 b.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/1/1902Tornodo hit Dhaka part of Bengal, claims 416 lives.
2/18/1988Jan Nayak Karpoori Thakur, freedom fighter, political leader, great social reformer, teacher and national president of Samyukta Socialist Party, passed away.
6/11/1997BSE sensitive index reaches 3927.
8/4/1997Nilesh Kulkarni becomes the first Indian to take a wicket with his first ball in Test Cricket (Colombo).
4/7/1997NAM foreign ministers two-day conference begins in New Delhi.
9/28/1827A few mountain battery trains flourished and kept the Indian component alive as part of the Royal artillery. Recently, it has been established that 8 Company Bombay Artillery survived axing and is now 5 (Bombay) Mountain Battery. This day is now celebrated as the Raising Day of the Regiment of Artillery.
3/13/1992Indumati Ramkrishna Shevde, famous writer, critic and painter, passed away.
3/4/1995Kakrapar nuclear power station's second unit located near Surat synchronised to the western grid after mandatory tests.
9/12/1995Heavy rainfall in the Himalaya region, resulting in landslide, claimed 70 lives near Kullu.
1/19/1966Indira Gandhi elected leader of the Congress party to succeed the late Lal Bahadur Shastri as the third Prime Minister of India. She pledged to follow path of Non-Alignment in worlds affairs.