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Historical Event on 5/16/1995

Government of India decides not to extend the validity of TADA Act.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/1/1988On the Christan New Year Day, Maharashtra became the first state to launch a public campaign against smoking.
5/22/1996United Front prime ministerial candidate H.D. Deve Gowda unanimously elected leader of the Front's parliamentary party.
3/23/1942Japanese forces occupy Rangoon, Andaman Islands in Indian Ocean.
12/27/1976The Kangla Tongbi war memorial built for 221 members who laid down their lives to repulsed several waves of Japanese attacks. Advance Base Depot is shifted to Jabalpur. The original memorial was erected on 15 April 1946 from local stone and the main epitaph displayed above is of black Naga stone.
2/25/1844Girishchandra Ghosh, famous Bengali actor and dramatist, was born.
3/14/1990Akash' missile tested successfully.
4/1/2000Disinvestment not distress sell, says Prime Minister A. B. Vajpayee at a conference of chief executives of PSUs in New Delhi.
4/2/1870Poona Sarvajanik Sabha was found. 95 members from different parts of Maharashtra assembled in Pune during its founding.
12/22/1751Battle of Mandavgargh.
1/19/1977World's largest crowd--12.7 million--gather for Indian religious festival 'Kumbh Mela'.