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Today In Indian History - Historical Events of India
| Date | Event Name |
| 05/16/1911 |
Pumping Station of Calcutta was commissioned at Tallah. |
| 05/16/1926 |
Manik Varma, famous singer, was born. |
| 05/16/1932 |
Hundreds die in fighting between Muslims and Hindus at Bombay. |
| 05/16/1933 |
Shani, writer of novel 'Kalajal' and film 'Shaukin', was born. |
| 05/16/1945 |
Prahraj Gopalchandra, modern author of Oria language, passed away. |
| 05/16/1946 |
Gandhiji's Cabinet Mission announces Plan. |
| 05/16/1960 |
International Telex Service between India and U.K. started. |
| 05/16/1975 |
Sikkim High Court was established at Gangtok for Sikkim territory. |
| 05/16/1975 |
Sikkim annexed principality and was declared as the 22nd state of Indian Union. |
| 05/16/1986 |
V. Shantaram, 75, was chosen for the Dada Saheb Phalke award. |
| 05/16/1994 |
Phani Mujumdar, veteran film producer and director, passed away. |
| 05/16/1995 |
Government of India decides not to extend the validity of TADA Act. |
| 05/16/1996 |
Atal Krishna Behari Vajpayee, leader of Bharatiya Janta Party, becomes the 10th Prime Minister for 13 days (from May 16, 1996 to May 28, 1996 [techinally till 01-06-1996]), although his ability to govern effectively is in doubt. |
| 05/16/1998 |
India rejects China's charges on N-tests. |
| 05/16/1999 |
Senior Congress leaders oppose Sonia Gandhi as Prime Minister. |
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| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 04/12/1871 | Gangadhar Balkrishna Deshpande, editor in modern era and dictionary creator, was born. |
| 02/01/1988 | The first Congress of the Indian Dental Association begins. (28-1-88). |
| 06/05/1973 | Madhav Sadashiv Golvalkar, politician and RSS chief, passed away. |
| 02/23/1993 | Pre-budget Economic Survey proposes closure of sick PSE and rationalisation of tax and interests rates. |
| 09/27/1760 | Mir Zafar was deposed and his son-in-law Mir Kasim became the Nawab of Bengal. He ruled till July 7, 1763. |
| 09/25/1990 | L. K. Advani, BJP President, starts his Somnath Temple, Ayodhya Rath Yathra. |
| 01/15/1997 | Pakistan's pilotless surveillance aircraft intrudes into Indian air space for the first time. |
| 04/23/1992 | Satyajit Ray, internationally famous Indian film producer-director, Bharat Ratna Awardee, passed away at the age of 70. |
| 10/29/1930 | Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru is sent back to prison for two yearrs following a speech he made at Allahabad the day after his release from jail. |
| 01/18/1936 | Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936), famous English writer and author, died in Burwash, England at 70. He was a young journalist in British India. He wrote in verses, stories, novels childen's stories some of these were ""The Jungle Book, Kim and Just-50 stories"" and was honoured with the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907 for 'Kim' (Indian based story). |
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