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Historical Event on 8/16/1965

Indian troops cross Kashmir line, seizes two Pakistani outposts.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/3/1933Amartya Kumar Sen, economist, was born at Santiniketan (Bangal).
3/22/1993The Lok Sabha passes the Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Bill, 1993 and the Dentists (Amendment) Bill, 1993.
11/22/1872Meera Behn (Medlin Slade), freedom fighter, was born at England.
1/1/1981Colaba District renamed as Raigad District.
7/21/1883Star Theatre was opened in Calcutta.
3/13/1915Keshao Govind Jodh, social reformer, politician and lawyer, was born in Yevada, Maharashtra.
9/20/1857British troops conquered Delhi from the Mutineers.
10/17/1940Mahatma Gandhi called for Individual Satyagrah and Vinoba Bhave started it.
9/8/1887Swami Sivananda, (1887-1963), religious leader, Hindu universalist renaissance guru, author of 200 books and founder of Divine Life Society with 400 branches worldwide, was born in the quiet village of Pattamadai, District Tirunelveli.
1/30/1996The new (reconstituted) Scientific Advisory Board of the ICMR met on January 30-31, 1996.