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Historical Event on 2/16/1927

Rail service started between India and Nepal.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/6/1980Janata Party splits again; members with RSS links form the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP). A. B. Vajpayee becomes its first President.
1/14/1948First issue of Marathi daily newspaper 'Loksatta' was published.
1/10/1996Supreme Court tells Arunachal Pradesh to give protection to Chakma refugees.
7/12/1932The 16,000-foot Shyok ice dam in the Himalayas bursts flooding the Indus Valley at Kashmir.
9/2/1984Thousands of Sikhs rally at Golden Temple to protest govt. occupation in Amritsar.
9/18/1917Sher Singh, educationist and politician, was born at Baghpur (Haryana).
2/4/1628Shahjahan was enthroned and proclaimed emperor at Agra.
4/6/1966Mihir Sen, first Indian swimmer to achieve many remarkable feats, swam across the 'Palk Strait' measuring 22 kms between India & Sri Lanka (Cylone).
5/6/1861Motilal Gangadhar Nehru, great Indian lawyer, political leader and social reformer, was born at Agra.
8/11/1997Hundreds travelling by Delhi-bound Rajdhani Express from Guwahati have miraculous escape as improvised explosive device planted by suspected Bodo extremists explodes on track near Guwahati.