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Historical Event on 1/16/1995
Missile carrier vessel 'Vidhrut' dedicated to nation.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/10/1964 | Olympics opened at Tokyo |
| 12/5/1998 | Jaswant Singh and Pramod Mahajan take over as the new Foreign Minister and Minister for Information and Broadcasting. Jagmohan takes over as Minister for Communications. |
| 3/22/1999 | Punjab men, Railway women emerged National basketball champions in Jaipur. |
| 10/9/1976 | International Dialing Telephone Service started between Mumbai and London. |
| 4/10/1901 | Amiya Chakravarty, educationist, was born at Serampore in West Bengal. |
| 6/27/1917 | Khanderao Moreshwar Rangnekar, cricketer (batted in 3 Tests India v Australia 1947-48), was born in Maharashtra. |
| 10/5/1990 | Dr. Rajkumar Varma, famous Hindi journalist and playwright, died. |
| 1/14/1980 | Indira Gandhi was sworn in as the Prime Minister of India. She held the office till she was assassinated on October 31, 1984. |
| 10/24/1868 | Balasaheb Pantpratinidhi, king of Aundh and painter, was born. |
| 10/17/1906 | Swami Ramtirtha, great social reformer and poet, died at the age of 33. |
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