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Historical Event on 12/16/1921
Calcutta Electric Supply Corporation started tunnel construction under Hoogly river.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/8/1982 | Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah, former Chief Minister of Kashmir, who dominated the political scene of Jammu and Kashmir for 50 years, died. He was 77. |
| 7/9/1994 | Surendranath, Governor of Punjab, died. |
| 5/8/1990 | A 255 kmph cyclone lashes Andhra Pradesh coast causing heavy losses to life and property. |
| 5/29/1947 | Establishment of Indian Standard Institution. |
| 10/9/1963 | Saifuddin Azizuddin Kitchlew, freedom fighter, President of Punjab and the first Indian to win the Lenin Award for International Peace, died. |
| 6/30/1997 | Gujarat floods claimed 170 lives. |
| 5/5/1966 | Jan Congress Party was established in Orissa. |
| 9/16/1996 | First one-day international in Canada played between India and Pakistan at Toronto. |
| 12/7/1979 | First International Children's Films Festival was held in Bombay. |
| 12/14/1955 | Henry Heras, famous artist and an active member of the Indian Historical Records Commission, died in Bombay. |
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