National Events in January 1997
1st Jan
Thirty-year Ganga water sharing treaty between India and Bangladesh takes effect.
3rd Jan
Former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Ms. Jayalalitha, released on bail after 27 days in prison. She had been arrested in the TV sets case, wealth case, etc.
4th Jan
Samata Party Areraj block president, Mr. Prabhakar Pandey, shot dead by armed miscreants.
6th Jan
CBI interrogates Bihar Chief Minister, Mr. Laloo Prasad Yadav, in connection with the Rs. 750-crore Animal Husbandry Department scam.
9th Jan
British Prime Minister, Mr. John Major, addresses plenary session of the `Partnership Summit' organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry, in Calcutta.
13th Jan
Supreme Court dismisses Special Leave Petition for bail from Ms. Sasikala (a close associate of Ms. Jayalalitha) in a `FERA violation case'.
15th Jan
Pakistan's pilotless surveillance aircraft intrudes into Indian air space, for the first time.
19th Jan
CBI questions Congress(I) president Mr. Sitaram Kesri, about his assets that are allegedly disproportionate to his known sources of income.
22nd Jan
Former Haryana Chief Minister, Mr. Bhajan Lal, former Union Ministers, Mr. Ajit Singh, Mr. Ram Lakhan Singh Yadav and five others chargesheeted by CBI in Rs. 3.5-crore Jharkhand Mukti Morcha MPs bribery case.
24th Jan
Ms. Justice Meera Sahib Fathima Beevi and Mr. Justice Sukhdev Singh Kang appointed Governors of Tamil Nadu and Kerala.
26th Jan
President, Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma, takes salute at the 48th Republic Day celebrations at New Delhi's Rajpath.
29th Jan
Fire engulfs most of the three top floors of the Express Towers, skyrise building owned by Indian Express group, in Mumbai.
30th Jan
Fifth Central Pay Commission submits its proposals.