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Historical Event on 9/16/1955

Leopold C. M. S. Amery, British minister of Colonies (India), died at the age of 81.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/1/1955Imperial Bank of India was inaugurated and was renamed as State Bank of India.
5/5/2000Supreme Court permits former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalitha (petitioner) to have herself and the others examined as ''defence witnesses'' in connection with the trial of the 'Colour TV scam case'.
6/13/1889Salarjung, famous administrator, was born.
5/22/1996Ravi Shastri appointed UNICEF's national ambassador for children.
6/30/1965Cease-fire was agreed under UN auspices between India and Pakistan, who signed treaty to stop the war at Rann of Kutch.
6/12/1997Sitaram Kesri elected president of Congress I (6224 votes. Sharad Pawar-888; Rajesh Pilot-354).
2/15/1997Conference of Inter-Parliamentary Union in New Delhi.
2/11/1980Romesh Chandra Majumdar, great Bengali historian, passed away.
10/9/2000The Centre appoints Yogendra Narain as the new defence secretary and K. Sibal as the secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs while effecting a major bureaucratic reshuffle.
4/8/1857Mangal Pandey, the first revolutionary of Indian mutiny and freedom fighter, was hanged till death at Barrackpore. He struck the first bullet during the time of mutiny against the British Empire.