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Historical Event on 1/15/1996
Victoria Terminus (VT) station in Mumbai renamed Chhatrapati Shivaji Railway Terminus by the Centre.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/14/1993 | Former Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha, who quit JD, joins BJP. |
| 10/20/1962 | China mounted a massive attacked in N.E.E.F.A. and Ladakh borders. Chinese army pushed Indians back. The real test of IAF airlift capability came when open warfare erupted on the Sino-lndian border, while operating to the tricky helipads in the mountains, including the operation of C-119Gs from airstrips 17,000 ft (5180m) above sea level in the Karakoram Himalayas, and the air-lifting by An-12Bs of two troops of AMX-13 light tanks to Chushul in Ladakh, where the small airstrip was 15,000 ft (4570m) above sea level. |
| 6/20/1918 | K.K. Singh, politician and social worker, was born at Agra. |
| 9/6/1994 | Prime Minister Narsimha Rao meets with his counterpart Vo Van Kiet at Hanoi. Both countries decide to boost ties. |
| 11/24/1998 | Polling is held in 626 assembly constituencies spread over four States - Delhi, Madhya Prades, Mizoram and Rajasthan. |
| 12/15/1894 | Saraswatibai, famous singer and classical music expert, was born. |
| 6/11/1996 | Narasimha Rao's name figures in fresh FIR on bribing JMM MPs case. |
| 10/6/1808 | Ardaseer Cursetjee Wadia, professor, pioneer, innovator, chief engineer and Inspector of Machinery at the Steam Factory at Bombay and one of the dignitaries, was born. |
| 8/16/1923 | Narayan Athavle, famous Marathi litterateur and journalist, was born. |
| 4/13/1997 | Anand wins Dos Hermanas chess crown. |
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