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Historical Event on 8/16/1996

CBI raids house of former minister Sukh Ram and finds cash and jewellery to the tune of Rs. 3 crore.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/9/1993S. Mulgaokar, 82, journalist, passed away.
10/21/1959Chinese and Indian troops clash on Ladakh border.
9/29/1999Jaswant Singh, External Affairs Minister, meet his Pakistani counterpart Sartaj Aziz meet at the SAARC ministerial meeting.
3/26/1997Russia agrees to help India in developing a state-of-the-art integrated air defence system, even as the two agree to carry military cooperation into the 21st century during the visit of Prime Minister Deve Gowda.
3/26/1997Husain Quli, the new Governor of Bengal, defeated the rebels and put them to fight. Daud was captured and put to death.
11/29/1996Shaleem I. Shervani, Minister of State for Health & Family Welfare and President, ICMR Governing Body, was the Chief Guest at the concluding ceremony of the year long celebrations of the 85th year of ICMR at New Delhi. He released a special issue of the ICMR Bulletin on this occasion and presented momentos to the former Additional Directors-General and Directors-General of the ICMR.
10/14/1919Raghu Karmkar, famous cinephotographer, was born.
10/24/1994The Supreme Court refused to answer Presidential reference on Ayodhya and acquisition of disputed land was upheld.
7/12/1957Sahajada Karim became Aga Khan.
7/15/1991Jagannathrao Joshi, veteran leader of Janata Party `Karnataka Kesri', died.