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Historical Event on 5/16/1995
Government of India decides not to extend the validity of TADA Act.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/18/1992 | M. Hidayatullah, former Vice President and Chief Justice, died. He was 87. |
| 5/26/1931 | One hundred miners were trapped beneath a blazing mine. It was thought that there were unlikely to be any survivors in Madras. |
| 2/12/1949 | Gundappa Ranganath Viswanath, cricketer (prolific Indian batsman of 70s), was born in Bhadravati, Mysore. He received Padmashree (1971) and Arjun Award (1978). |
| 2/11/1959 | Vinoo Mankad plays his final Test Cricket (vs West Indies at Delhi). |
| 8/14/1968 | Week-long flood death toll reaches 1,000. |
| 8/14/1968 | Queen Elizabeth I granted its Royal Charter to the 218 Knights and merchants of the City of London who formed the East India Company. The venture failed to achieve its stated objectives -- it made little impression on the Dutch control of the spice trade and could not establish a lasting outpost in the East Indies. |
| 10/24/1934 | Arvindrao Laxmanrao Apte, cricketer (brother of Madhav scored 8 & 7 runs in one Test), was born in Bombay. |
| 11/11/1996 | A.P. cyclone toll may cross 2,500. |
| 3/21/1916 | Ustad Bismilla Khan, clarionett Master, was born at Dumraon in Bihar. |
| 3/23/1923 | Shekh Mubarak Ali Ayaj, Sindhi litterateur, was born. |
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