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Historical Event on 7/16/1981
India performs nuclear Test.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/19/1892 | Chintaman Vinayak Joshi, famous Marathi comedy writer, was born. |
| 1/16/1920 | Nani Palkhiwala, famous law expert, was born. |
| 7/6/1955 | Marshall Tito and Nehru's joint declaration in Belgrade. |
| 12/20/1957 | Kalinga Prize for 1957 awarded to Lord Bertrand Russell. |
| 2/17/1968 | Dr. Kailas Nath Katju, freedom fighter, politician, leader, Governor of Orissa and West Bengal, passed away. |
| 1/22/1973 | Swami Ramanand Tirth, politician and educationalist, passed away. |
| 3/4/1996 | Union govt. decides to set up a national grid for the distribution of petroleum products. |
| 12/1/1985 | Rajiv Gandhi concludes the first official visit to Japan by an Indian Prime Minister at Tokyo. |
| 9/6/1965 | Full scale warfare broke out all along the international border between West Pakistan and India. Pakistani troops advanced towards the Indian town of Akhnur in Kashmir and Pakistani paratroopers raided Punjab. |
| 7/22/1999 | J. H. Patel, Karnataka Chief Minister, recommends dissolution of the Assembly and the Governor Khurshid Alam Khan accepts it. Earlier Mr. Patel drops eight Ministers including the Deputy Chief Minister Siddharamiah. |
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