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Historical Event on 4/16/1991
President's rule imposed in Haryana.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/18/1997 | US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright arrives in New Delhi. Ms. Albright said she raised the 'all-important issue of terrorism' with Pakistan's top leadership. |
| 9/15/1948 | The India flag carrying vessel reached Bombay Port. |
| 4/2/1902 | Gulam Ali Khan Ustad Bade was born. |
| 5/18/1775 | Warren Hastings expressed doubt of hanging Nandkumar. |
| 1/2/1967 | University established at Berhampur in Orrisa State. |
| 5/14/1972 | Fighting between Indian and Pakistani forces along the Kashmir border reported. |
| 5/6/1946 | Bhulabhai Desai, great politician, passed away. |
| 1/8/1964 | Jack ""Murph the Surf"" Murphy, 27, and a companion were arrested in Miami as suspects in the theft of $410,000 rare gems from the American Museum of Natural History in October of last year. The world's largest sapphire, the Star of India, and eight of the other 22 stolen gems were returned to New York in an attorney's coat pocket, having been recovered in two water-logged suede pouches from a Miami bus terminal locker with the help of a third suspect. The three described themselves as ""beach boys."" Murphy is a sometimes an aquatic clown, but mainly they were notorious jewel thieves. Murphy was also accused of pistol-whipping actress Eva Gabor and stealing jewels worth $50,000 from her a year ago. |
| 3/24/1977 | Ban on RSS and 26 other organisations lifted. |
| 12/23/1959 | Edward Fredrick Lindlewood Halifax ""Irwin Lord"", English viscount and Governor General of India (1925-1931), died at the age of 78. |
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