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Historical Event on 4/16/1959

Raurkela Iron Project's first furnace started functioning.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/29/1995Anup Jalota, famous Bhajan and Ghazal singer, was born.
11/13/1901War Secretary Brodrick claimed that Boers were killing natives in large numbers. He intended to withdraw troops from India to fight in S. Africa at London.
7/8/1996Mathematical Olympiad was held in Mumbai - the first time in India (from 08-17, 1996).
7/12/1970Major flood in Alaknanda river resulted in sweeping of buses and claimed 600 lives.
8/4/1935Government of India got the Royal Assent Act 1935.
11/19/2000Dr. M.S. Swaminathan, agriculture scientist, gets the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for 1999.
3/9/1997Bangladesh and Chakma refugee leaders sign a historic agreement for repatriation of the 50,000 refugees sheltered in six camps in Tripura for the past 11 years.
7/12/1996Lok Sabha adopts resolution extending President's Rule in J & K for 6 months.
3/8/1864Hari Narayan Apte, a well known Marathi writer who popularised social and historical themes in his novels, was born. He presided over the 8th Marathi Sahitya Sammelen in 1912.
1/24/1994Singapore PM Goh Chok Tong arrives in New Delhi on a state visit.