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.
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