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Historical Event on 4/16/1959

Raurkela Iron Project's first furnace started functioning.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/15/1999Palvai Purushottam, the sitting Sirpur MLA and TDP candidate, shot dead.
6/22/1995India and International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) sign MOU enabling them to visit suspected militants and persons in detention centres only under humanitarian consideration.
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.
1/4/1992The goverment promulgates an ordinance to prevent countermanding of election in the event of death of independent candidates.
7/10/1971Kochin University was established in Kerala.
7/8/1991L.K. Advani recognised as the leader of the Opposition of BJP in the 10th Lok Sabha.
9/30/1999Hindi writer Prof. Prem Shankar and Tamil scholar Ashokamitran selected for K.K. Birla Foundation Fellowships in comparative Indian literature.
9/5/1998Trishul and Akash test fired from Chandipore.
1/1/1909Dattaram Dharmaji Hindlekar, cricketer (Indian batsman & wicket-keeper 1936-46), was born in Bombay.
1/16/2000P. Moses, Indian High Commission Staff member, badly beaten up and abducted by Pakistani intelligence operators in Islamabad.