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Historical Event on 4/16/1903
Kalka-Simla Railway line section was opened for public conveyance.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/7/1931 | The Second Round Table conference began in London and lasted till 1st December, 1931. Congress was solely represented by Gandhi and Muslim League by Sir Allama Iqbal and Quaid-e-Azam. Two committees were set up to carry out the work of the conference on Federal Structure and Minorities. Gandhi was the member of both the committees. He claimed that being the sole representative of the Congress, he represented the whole of India. Quaid-e-Azam replied that Muslims are a separate nation. Sir Shafi demanded that the 14 points of Quaid-e-Azam be incorporated in the future constitution. |
| 9/7/1931 | Pedro Alvaris, Portugese businessman, reached Calicut and established the first European factory in India. |
| 6/1/1997 | Ghulam Rasool Wani, National Conference leader, kidnapped and shot dead by militants at Kaskot in Doda district, Jammu. |
| 6/13/1927 | Henry C. K. ""Clan"" Petty-Fitzmaurice, Governor of India (1888-94), passed away at the age of 82. |
| 1/19/1905 | Maharshi Devendranath Tagore, Bengali writer and thinker, passed away. |
| 12/3/1989 | Mulayam Singh Yadav named UP CM. |
| 12/24/1988 | Jaynendra Kumar, famous Hindi novelist, died. |
| 7/1/1821 | Daily newspaper 'Mumbai Samachar' was published. |
| 6/5/1980 | Manipur University was established. |
| 3/23/1992 | G. S. Dhillon, former speaker of Lok Sabha, passed away. |
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