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Historical Event on 10/16/1959

National Council of Women's Education was inaugurated in New Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/22/1970Vijayanand Patnaik established political party `Utkar Congress'.
8/15/1947Hindu-Muslim association in Calcutta.
8/1/1998The DMK condemns the BJP-led coalition Government's decision to set up a Multi-Disciplinary Monitoring Agency and rejects the Action Taken Report on the final report of the Jain Commission with reference to Mr. M. Karunanidhi.
6/23/1997Communication equipment worth several crores destroyed and Chennai's land and mobile telephone networks thrown out of gear in a fire at Anna Road telephone exchange.
7/2/1950Yusuf Meharali, socialist leader, died.
9/20/1932Gandhiji commences ""fast unto death"" (hunger strike) in Poona prison to secure abolition of separate electorates for Harijans and untouchables.
7/21/1988Indian National Satellite (INSAT-1C) launched. This is operational multi-purpose communication and meteorology satellite. It served for only one and a half years. It was launched by European Ariane launch vehicle Ariane-3.
1/18/1970Kishan Singh at Cuttack sets record for 50 Km W.in 4.19.48.
4/30/1988Raj Kapoor gets Dada Saheb Phalke award for 1988.
7/12/1965Sanjay Vijay Manjrekar, cricketer (son of Vijay, Indian middle-order batsman), was born in Mangalore.