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Historical Event on 1/16/1995
Missile carrier vessel 'Vidhrut' dedicated to nation.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/6/1966 | Madurai Kamraj University established. |
| 8/30/1990 | Parliament unanimously passes the Prasar Bharati Bill. |
| 4/24/1929 | First non-stop flight from England to India takes-off. |
| 3/11/1975 | Battle between Marathas and Nizam at Kharda. |
| 5/26/1906 | Benjamin Peary Pal, internationally famous scientist of Indian agriculture, was born at Mukundpur, Punjab. In 1929, he went to Cambridge to do research on wheat and he returned to Burma with a Ph.D. five years later. In 1933, he got a research job with what is now known as the Indian Agricultural Research Institute in New Delhi. In 1965, Pal became Director General of the newly founded Indian Council of Agricultural Research in New Delhi. He has written several books on roses, the most popular being ""The Rose in India"". |
| 2/1/1990 | Governors named for 14 states. |
| 3/29/1963 | Siyaramsharan Gupt, great autor of Hindi language, died. |
| 1/21/1820 | Dalpat Rai, modern Gujrati poet, was born. |
| 6/19/1991 | Sudhakar Rao Naik (Cong-I) sworn in as the Maharashtra CM. |
| 12/20/1876 | Bankinchrandra Chattopadhyay wrote ""Vande Mataram"". |
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