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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
10/2/1972Broadcasting of Mumabi Doordarshan started.
1/2/1994India and Pakistan resume talks after a gap of 16 months.
11/1/1966Haryana state was created from Punjab, and Chandigarh was declared as the Union Territory and capital of both Punjab and Haryana.
11/24/1973E. V. Ramasami Naicker (EVR), founder leader of Dravida Kazhagam, passed away at the age of 94.
10/23/1992UPSC decides to introduce a new essay paper for the civil services examination.
3/16/1939Subroto Mukherjee became the first Indian Officer to command a squadron when he took over No.1.
12/16/1867Amy Carmichael, Scotch Irish missionary, was born. She went to India in 1895 under the Zenana Missionary Society, remaining there without furlough until her death 56 years later. An invalid during her last 20 years, she worked to rescue children from the Hindus.
2/1/1990Governors named for 14 states.
9/29/1992Andhra CM Janardhana Reddy resigned.
12/13/1955India and the USSR affirm the Panchsheel.