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Historical Event on 1/16/1992

Prices of steel and iron decontrolled.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/27/1878Calcutta University started Women's Education, and allowed women to appear in the Entrance Examination.
9/22/1986India vs Australia Test Cricket at Madras finishes in a tie.
8/20/1885First meeting of the Indian National Congress held.
2/6/2000''Water'' shooting stopped following suicide by a Shiv Sena activist; and director, Ms. Deepa Mehta asked to leave Varanasi.
12/28/1952Arun Jaitley, son of Maharaj Kishan Jaitley, was born in New Delhi.
11/15/192116 Gurkha troops killed by anti-British rebels.
7/1/1990General Sunith Francis Rodrigues takes over as Chief of the Army Staff.
10/27/2000The Vajpayee Government 'clears' the names of Surjit Singh Barnala, Prabhat Kumar and Dinanath Tiwari for appointment as the Governors of the new States of Uttaranchal, Jharkhand and Chhatisgarh respectively.
12/7/1997Leander Paes awarded 'The Sportstar' award.
1/16/1941Ashok Vajpai, veteran critic and Hindi poet, was born.