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Historical Event on 1/16/1942

Jawaharlal Nehru succeeds Gandhi as head of Indian National Congress.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/10/1908Gandhiji adopts word, ""Satyagraha"" in place of ""Passive Resistance"". Sentenced to two months' imprisonment for failure to leave Transvaal.
2/22/1996Madanlal Khurana, Delhi CM, resigns (Hawala scandal).
10/10/1906Narayan Rasipuram Krishnaswamy, great Indian writer, was born.
2/19/1993Salseng C. Marak sworn in as the Congress-I CM in Meghalaya.
5/9/1997Hareesh Khandelwal, an accused in the fodder scam, commits suicide by jumping before a train at Dhanbad in Bihar.
12/14/1998The Government introduces the controversial Women's Reservation Bill in the Lok Sabha.
5/8/1997Mumbai High Court holds that Christian women can seek divorce on the sole ground of being subjected to cruelty and need not prove infedidelity on the part of their husbands or desertion.
2/18/1905Shyamji Krishna Varma established India House in London to help Indians visiting England. He also established the Indian Home Rule society, which helped him to raise his voice against British Domination in India.
9/24/1992India's Leander Paes defeats Britain's Jeremy Bates in the Davis Cup tie in New Delhi.
9/29/2000Tata Ramachandra Prasad to be the next Cabinet Secretary.