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Historical Event on 7/16/1954
French rule ends in Mahe. De facto power was transferred to the people and the Indian flag hoisted.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
6/13/1965 | Maninder Singh Harbansingh Billa, cricketer (Indian leftarm spinner in 35 Tests 1982-93), was born in Pune. |
1/11/1986 | Union Government declares Ladakh a Scheduled Tribe area under a constitutional amendment order by the President, applying article 342 for the first time to J&K. |
6/30/1965 | Cease-fire was agreed under UN auspices between India and Pakistan, who signed treaty to stop the war at Rann of Kutch. |
9/7/1996 | First phase of J & K Assembly elections. |
7/5/1994 | Vaikom Mohammed Basheer, 86, Malayalam literary genius, died in Beypore in Kerala. |
5/12/1995 | India refused to sign NPT in its present discriminatory form. |
9/17/1899 | First British troops leave Bombay for South Africa. |
10/30/1992 | India and China decide to continue peace measures and open more points for border trade. |
1/14/1896 | Chintaman Dwarkanath Deshmukh, former Finance Minister of India, was born. |
7/6/1927 | Prabhjot Kaur, great poet and author, was born at Langrayal (Pakistan). |
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