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Historical Event on 7/16/1981

India performs nuclear Test.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/29/1948Assembly bans discrimination against untouchables.
11/2/1984Violence following Indira Gandhi's assassination takes heavy toll.
6/8/1998A Disaster Management Cell (DMC) under the direct command of the Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, South Western Air Command, was set up at the Command Operations Room to liaise with the State Government and initiate necessary actions. All aircrafts were evacuated from IAF bases at Jamnagar, Bhuj and Naliya and flown to pre-determined destinations. In this meticulously planned and smoothly executed drill, more than 60 aircrafts (including helicopters) were flown out.
10/1/1981Activists of the Dal Khalsa, who masterminded the hijacking of Indian Airlines plane. arrested.
4/28/1974Gaganvihari Lallubhai Mehta, famous economist, politician and journalist, passed away.
11/29/1952First international organization for birth control founded in Bombay.
9/14/1997Fire and explosions devastate terminals and storage tanks at Visakh Refinery of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation. Toll put at 51.
8/27/1978Lord Mountbatten died in an explosion near Ireland.
2/13/1968Atal Bihari Vajpayee elected President of the All India Jan Sangha.
11/7/1975Indian Supreme Court validates election of Indira Gandhi at New Delhi.