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Historical Event on 8/16/1965
Indian troops cross Kashmir line, seizes two Pakistani outposts.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/1/1989 | Kirti Vrajlal Ambani,Reliance executive, held in connection with a plot to kill Bombay Dyeing Chairman Nusli Wadia. |
| 5/4/1998 | India is placed on the US Special 309 watch list. |
| 8/6/1996 | Dr. Raj Kumar was conferred Dada Saheb Phalke award. |
| 7/14/1963 | Swami Shivanand Saraswati, religious leader, passed away. |
| 4/17/1997 | Biju Patnaik, 81, Janata Dal leader and important personality in Orissa politics, died. |
| 4/17/1997 | Admiral Dom Vasco-da-Gama (c.1469-1524)-I, Portuguese navigator, arrived in India. He sailed around the Cape of Good Hope to Calicut, Kerala with three vessels and was the first Westerner to sail to India from Europe. |
| 5/12/1999 | Arunachal Pradesh Governor refuses to quit. |
| 1/11/1991 | Five JD ministers at the Centre disqualified by Speaker Rabi Ray on the basis of anti-defection law.Five disqualified ministers who tendered their resignation were asked to continue in office by the PM. |
| 9/4/1921 | British govt. sends ultimatum to rebels in India, demanding their surrender within 48 hrs, at Madras. |
| 1/15/1977 | Rashid Ahmed Siddiqui, modern Urdu writer, passed away. |
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