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Historical Event on 7/16/1856
Ishwar Chand Vidyasagar, on the request of Governor Lord Canning, instituted a law announcing the right of Hindu widows for re-marriage.

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6/27/1999	India won the four-nation under-21 women's hockey title, defeating England in the final at the Kean University, New Jersey.
4/30/1992	Import duty on gold halved; minor concessions in direct taxes.
12/27/1931	150 are arrested following 'red shirt' riots in the N.W. Frontier province.
2/22/1958	Maulana Abul Kalam Azad passed away in New Delhi, India. He was a great leader, great orator, revolutionary and fighter for national freedom. Some of his works which are the masterpieces of the Urdu language are ""Ghubari-Khatir"" and Tadhkirah"". He was Minister of Education in the first Indian Government.
4/8/1985	India files suit against Union Carbide in New York for Bhopal gas disaster.
10/24/1975	Bounded labour system was abolished by Ordinance
11/5/1961	Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru arrived in New York. This was the first ocassion when an Indian Prime Minister went to United States.
6/21/1862	Ganendra Mohan Tagore was the first Indian to get the Barrister-at-Law Degree after passing the examination from Lincoln Inn University.
8/28/1976	Second World Hindi Conference held in Mauritius.
7/6/1881	Saint Gulabrao Maharaj was born in Vidarbha.

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Historical Event on 7/16/1856 Ishwar Chand Vidyasagar, on the request of Governor Lord Canning, instituted a law announcing the right of Hindu widows for re-marriage.

Historical Event on 7/16/1856
Ishwar Chand Vidyasagar, on the request of Governor Lord Canning, instituted a law announcing the right of Hindu widows for re-marriage.