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Historical Event on 11/16/1958

India and U.S.S.R. sign trade agreement to exchange Soviet industrial and agricultural equipment for farm commodities at Moscow.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/24/1855First long distance telegram message was opened between Agra and Calcutta at a distance of 1,300 km.
5/15/1958Gift Tax Act was introduced.
4/10/1760Gerard George Clifford, head of East-Indian Company, passed away at the age of 75.
7/2/1950Yusuf Meharali, socialist leader, died.
6/28/1993A multi-millionaire industrialist, main financier of smuggler Veerappan,and 6 Veerappan-men arrested.
7/18/1953Riots against increase in streetcar fares continue with demonstrators taking control of parts of Calcutta.
9/4/1825Dadabhai Naoroji, first Indian in British parliament and merchant, was born at Navsari, Gujarat. He coined the word 'Swaraj'.
6/19/1901Raj Chandra Bose, Indian mathematician and statistician, was born at Hosangabad in Madhya Pradesh. He made many valuable contributions to the subject. He discovered new codes for telecommunication. In 1976, America's highest honour to a scientist came to Bose as he was elected Fellow of the US Academy of Sciences.
6/6/1903Hiralal Sen shot the first Indian Advertisment sequences for Jabakusum (hair tonic) and Edward's Tonic.
1/17/1913Yadvendra Singh, HH LtG. Maharaja of Patial, cricketer (scored 24 & 60 in only Test India vs England), was born in Patiala, Punjab.