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Historical Event on 2/16/1927
Rail service started between India and Nepal.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/11/1991 | Ravi Naik of Maharashtra Gomanthak party sworn in as the CM of Goa. |
| 1/6/1996 | CBI identifies two key figures - Satyanarayana Gauda and Daya Manikam Anand - in Purulia arms drop case. |
| 8/19/1910 | Sister Alphonsa, teacher and social worker, was born at Kudamaloor, Kerala. |
| 12/1/1928 | The first talkie filmshow, named as 'British Talkies' , was released on December 1, 1928, at Globe Theatres, Calcutta. |
| 12/15/1943 | The Vengeance suffered numerous defects and teething troubles, necessitating temporary withdrawal from the two IAF squadrons, but the problems were eventually mitigated if not eradicated, and No. 8 Sqn flew its first operational Vengeance sorties against Japanese targets from Double Moorings, Chittagong. |
| 7/25/1997 | Kocheril Raman Narayanan (K. R. Narayanan) became the 10th President of India. |
| 1/21/1943 | Hemu Kalani, revolutionary freedom fighter and social reformer, was hanged by British police. |
| 1/23/1997 | 50,000 miners in Orissa lose jobs as 57 mines are closed down. |
| 6/14/1990 | Veerendra Verma sworn in as the new Governor of Punjab and Administrator of Chandigarh. |
| 8/11/1956 | The Lok Sabha passed the States Reorganisation Act. |
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