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Historical Event on 3/16/1966
Judge Amal Kumar Sarkar became the Chief Justice of India. He held this office till 29/06/1966.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/29/1994 | Air India and Indian Airlines converted into companies. |
| 8/3/1996 | Leander Paes wins a bronze (tennis) at Atlanta, bringing India an Olympic medal after a gap of 16 years. |
| 6/19/1979 | Morarji Desai resigns after split in Janata Party. |
| 8/19/1994 | Rupee made fully convertible on current account. |
| 5/17/1957 | Nehru, who went to Ceylon to celebrate the 2,500th anniversary of the founding of Buddhism, calls for an end to nuclear tests. |
| 4/8/1835 | Raja Ram Mohan Roy reached England. |
| 12/29/1949 | Syed Mujtaba Hussain Kirmani, cricketer (Indian keeper after Engineer), was born in Madras. |
| 12/29/1949 | Sikh Guru, Guru Nanak Dev, was born on Baisakhi in a Khatri family in Talwandi Rae Bhoe in Pakistan, known as Nankana Sahib. Guru Nanak's birthday has been traditionally celebrated on Katik Poornamashi. Althought the correct birth date has been established as Vaisakh 1 (April 14), it will continue to be celebrated on Katik Poornamashi until such time as it is changed to Vaisakh 1. (Most Sikhs in the present day consider themselves members of a separate religion.). |
| 12/8/1985 | The first summit was held at Dhaka. (7 0r 8). |
| 6/12/1972 | D. G. Tendulkar, historian who had written the autobiography of Mahatma Gandhi, died. |
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