List of Politics Events on January-1996
3- January-1996 |
Bomb blast kills six and seriously wounds 20. Jammu and Kashmir Islamic Front claim responsibility in Delhi. |
3- January-1996 |
Karnataka agrees to release 6 tmc ft. of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu, bowing to PM's order. |
9- January-1996 |
PM unveils India's state-of-the-art Main Battle Rank (MBT) `Arjun' at a New Delhi function. |
11- January-1996 |
Canadian PM Jean Chretien visits New Delhi. |
16- January-1996 |
Union Cabinet Minister V.C. Shukla, Balram Jhakar, Madhavrao Scindia, and others including BJP President L.K. Advani, Arjun Singh and Devi Lal chargesheeted in the multi-crore Jain `Hawala' case. CBI seeks sanction to prosecute them. L.K. Advani resigns from Lok Sabha membership. |
18- January-1996 |
N. T. Rama Rao, chief minister of Andhra Pradesh (during 1983-84, 84-89, 94-95), passed away at Hydrabad. |
20- January-1996 |
The Indian Army conducted United Nation Peacekeeping Keeping Operations in New Delhi from 20 to 26 Jan 1996, wherein delegates from UN HQ and 17 foreign countries of the Asia-Pacific region participated. The Under Secretary General, Mr Kofi Annan, was the chief guest. |
21- January-1996 |
Lakshmi Parvati elected president of Telugu Desam NTR faction. |
22- January-1996 |
Janata Dal parliamentary party leader Sharad Yadav resigns from Lok Sabha membership (Jain hawala case). |
23- January-1996 |
Maharashtra govt. winds up the inquiry commission headed by Justice Srikrishna set up to probe the communal riots in Mumbai in Dec. 92-Jan. 93. |
24- January-1996 |
H.K.L. Bhagat, senior Congress politician and former minister, arrested in connection with a 1984 anti-Sikh riot case. |
28- January-1996 |
Dev Kanta Baruah, first President of former Congress, passed away at New Delhi at the age of 82. |
29- January-1996 |
S.R. Bommai was replaced by Laloo Prasad Yadav as Janata Dal president. |
30- January-1996 |
Maharashtra govt. decides to make school education free up to 10th standard. |