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Historical Event on 2/16/1962
General Election ( 3rd) of India begins.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/24/2000 | Viswanathan Anand becomes the first Asian to win a world chess title in the world chess championship in Taheran. |
| 12/28/1896 | In the Indian National Congress, Vande Mataram was first sung in Calcutta. |
| 8/4/1929 | Kishor Kumar Ganguly, well known singer, was born at Khandava. He is also rememberd as a comic actor, director and musician. |
| 10/30/1991 | Bansilal Ladda, veteran freedom fighter and law expert, passed away. |
| 12/1/1989 | Dr. Chenna Reddi (Congress-I) becomes CM of Andhra Pradesh. |
| 2/1/1968 | United Nation's Conference on Trade and Development opens in New Delhi. |
| 7/28/1994 | Sudhakarrao Naik, G. Ramanujam and O. N. Srivastava appointed Governors. |
| 2/2/1958 | Family tradition still counts for something in Indian politics. Indira Gandhi, the only daughter of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and the granddaughter of a statesman, has been elected president of the Congress party in India. Mrs. Gandhi will be installed into her new office next Sunday, and her job is not expected to be an easy one. The Congress party has been wracked by internal dissension and has been on the verge of collapse. It is hoped that Mrs. Gandhi, who is 41, will breath some new life into the party. Most of the politicians who have been arguing about the future of their party and country are fairly old. Mrs. Gandhi, who is known for her leftist sentiments, is expected to act quickly to put her own mark on party policies. |
| 3/18/1992 | Shreyanprasad Jain, famous philanthropist and industrialist, passed away. |
| 5/13/2000 | The Union Government gives its approval for the creation of the three new states of Jharkhand, Uttaranchal and Chhattisgarh to be carved out of Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh. |
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