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Historical Event on 7/16/1981

India performs nuclear Test.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/4/1961First Indian aircraft carrier naval fighter vessel ''I.N.S. Vikrant'' was commissioned in Belfast.
7/18/1908Fourteen thousand mill workers go on strike at Bombay.
2/14/1914Vinaya Kumar Parashar, journalist and social worker, was born at Hemgir, M.P.
5/12/1995Supreme court stays Tamil Nadu Governor's orders allowing Dr. Subramaniam Swamy to prosecute Chief Minister Dr. Jayalalitha under Prevention of Corruption Act.
1/1/1994This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year of Family"".
3/25/1963Yagyawalk Bharadwaj, famous botany scientist, passed away.
3/27/1989Delhi beat Bengal by an innings and 210 to win the Ranji Trophy.
2/15/1945Indian troops capture Pagan at Burma.
9/11/1893Swami Vivekananda represented Hinduism at Chicago's Parliament of the World's Religions, the first ever inter-faith gathering, dramatically enlightening Western opinion to the depth of Hindu philosophy and culture. He spoke for the first time in Chicago.
11/19/1985Lall Singh, cricketer (one Test for India 1932), passed away.