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Today In Indian History - Historical Events of India
| Date | Event Name |
| 5/16/1911 |
Pumping Station of Calcutta was commissioned at Tallah. |
| 5/16/1926 |
Manik Varma, famous singer, was born. |
| 5/16/1932 |
Hundreds die in fighting between Muslims and Hindus at Bombay. |
| 5/16/1933 |
Shani, writer of novel 'Kalajal' and film 'Shaukin', was born. |
| 5/16/1945 |
Prahraj Gopalchandra, modern author of Oria language, passed away. |
| 5/16/1946 |
Gandhiji's Cabinet Mission announces Plan. |
| 5/16/1960 |
International Telex Service between India and U.K. started. |
| 5/16/1975 |
Sikkim High Court was established at Gangtok for Sikkim territory. |
| 5/16/1975 |
Sikkim annexed principality and was declared as the 22nd state of Indian Union. |
| 5/16/1986 |
V. Shantaram, 75, was chosen for the Dada Saheb Phalke award. |
| 5/16/1994 |
Phani Mujumdar, veteran film producer and director, passed away. |
| 5/16/1995 |
Government of India decides not to extend the validity of TADA Act. |
| 5/16/1996 |
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. |
| 5/16/1998 |
India rejects China's charges on N-tests. |
| 5/16/1999 |
Senior Congress leaders oppose Sonia Gandhi as Prime Minister. |
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| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/26/1858 | Diwan Maniram and Piali Barua were hanged. (Grandson of Purandara Simha, the last Ahom king of Assam). |
| 9/3/1983 | U.S. Census reports world population at 4.72 billion. China has 1.05 billion and India 731 million. |
| 1/1/1981 | This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year for the Disabled"". |
| 3/17/1920 | Mujiburr Rahman, the first Prime Minister of Bangladesh, was born in Tungipara now in Bangladesh. |
| 10/16/1999 | Dr. Najma Heptulla, Deputy Chairperson of the Rajya Sabha, is elected president of the 138-nation Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU). |
| 5/17/1897 | Dhirendra Varma, famous linguist, was born. |
| 3/23/1911 | Indranath Bandopadhyay, Bengali comedy writer and journalist, passed away. |
| 1/5/1968 | Government of India accepts the administrative reforms commission's recommendation to appoint a Lok Pal. |
| 11/19/1985 | Lall Singh, cricketer (one Test for India 1932), passed away. |
| 6/8/1992 | 55-60\% polling takes place in the Andhra, Bihar, W. Bengal and Delhi by-elections. |
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