|
|
Historical Event on 5/16/1975
Sikkim annexed principality and was declared as the 22nd state of Indian Union.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/13/1916 | Vasudev Mahadev Salgaonkar, great Industrialist, was born. |
| 6/6/1996 | Benazir Bhutto,Pakistan PM, gives green signal for opening up trade with India. |
| 7/15/1917 | Tukaram Tanaji Sawant, educationist and famous Hindi writer, was born at Pokharam, (Maharashtra). |
| 4/2/1933 | Sir Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji ""Ranji"", Maharaj, jamsaheb of Nawanagar and noted cricketer, passed away. He was referred as ""The prince of a little state, but the King of a great game"". He scored 989 Test runs with a 1st-class avg. 56. |
| 8/21/1879 | Jahangir Bemanji Petit, famous industrialist, was born. |
| 10/24/2000 | Delhi High Court admitted the appeal of former Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao against the lower court judgement in the JMM MPs' bribery case. |
| 2/1/1929 | Jyotirbhaskaracharya Jayant Salgaonkar was born. |
| 12/8/1897 | Balkrishna Sharma ""Navin"", famous Hindi poet, was born in Bhyana village of Shajapur district in Madhya Pradesh |
| 7/23/1996 | R. Bhattacharji was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He is heading this office till date. |
| 1/31/1994 | Punjab and Haryana High Court orders plastic surgery to remove 'Jebkatri' (pickpocket) tattooed on the forehead of four women by Amritsar Police. |
|
![]()
|
|
|
