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Historical Event on 7/16/1996
Narasimha Rao moves Delhi High Court seeking quashing of the summons issued against him by Chief Metropolitan Magistrate in the Lakhubhai Pathak cheating case.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/7/1993 | C. Subramaniam, Maharashtra Governor, resigns. |
| 1/31/1931 | Gangadhar Mahambre, famous Mmarathi writer, was born. |
| 2/15/1920 | Kanti Mehta, trade unionist, was born at Calcutta. |
| 7/6/1993 | 39 people were killed and three officials abducted in J&K . |
| 2/16/1927 | Rail service started between India and Nepal. |
| 7/27/1927 | Krishna Baldev Vaid, famous story writer and novelist, was born. |
| 9/24/1873 | Mahatma Jyotirao Phule established the 'Satyashodhak Samaj'. |
| 1/2/1947 | Mahatma Gandhi met Lord Bevin, the personal emissary of British Prime Minister Winston Churchil, in Delhi. Beven is reported to have told the great man, ''Eighteen languages, 500 dialects, some 30 religions, a million Gods and Goddesses, 300 million individuals, an infinity of castes and sub castes, and a population (that is) practically illiterate and half of which (are) beggars or thieves... Good luck, sir! Such a nation is ungovernable! It'd take you centuries to get anywhere!''. Gandhiji wrapped his large, white shawl a little more closely around him, and modestly replied, 'India has eternity before her.. and ""All around me is utter darkness"". |
| 12/10/1886 | Rameshwari Nehru, social worker and freedom fighter, was born at Lahore. |
| 11/11/1947 | Temple of Vithoba in Pandharpur opened for Harijans. Ganpatrao Tapase was the first harijan to enter the temple. |
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