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Historical Event on 1/15/1996

Restoration of the original name of the city as ""Mumbai"" for Bombay Vide Maharashtra Act No, XXV of 1996.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/5/1956Nehru breaks silence condemning Soviets for repression in Hungary.
10/24/1945UNO Day.
4/7/1934Mahatma Gandhi suspended his campaign of civil disobedience in India.
4/24/1980Baba Gurbachan Singh, Nirankari chief, assassinated. His son named as the new chief.
10/24/1934Arvindrao Laxmanrao Apte, cricketer (brother of Madhav scored 8 & 7 runs in one Test), was born in Bombay.
10/31/1895Cottari Kanakaiya Nayudu, cricketer (India's 1st Test capt), born at Nagpur.
3/11/1997Sadhana Mukherjee, a sex-worker from Calcutta, represents India at the first international conference on prostitution beginning in Los Angeles.
9/24/1997I. K. Gujral, Prime Minister, addresses UN General Assembly, stakes India's claim to UN Security Council seat.
8/29/1974Lokdal Party established under the presidency of Chaudhary Charansingh.
12/23/1969Armstrong and Aldrin collected Moon rock, which was kept on exhibition in New Delhi.