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Historical Event on 2/16/1927

Rail service started between India and Nepal.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/28/1964A slow-moving funeral cortege containing the body of Jawaharlal Nehru inched through the streets of New Delhi today. A million and a half Indians lined the route to pay final respects to their beloved leader.
6/11/200027 army personnel die after the bus carrying them plunges into a gorge at a spot 80 km from Jammu.
1/3/1931Yashwant Dinkar Phadke, great critic of literature, was born.
8/12/1997Bar Council of India debars full-time law teachers from practising as lawyers.
8/28/1976Second World Hindi Conference held in Mauritius.
8/12/1905Japan, Britain reach an accord determining spheres of influence in Far East; India to remain with the British.
7/21/1934Chandrakant Gulabrao Borde, cricket batsman (55 Tests for India 1959-67), was born in Pune.
3/11/1975Battle between Marathas and Nizam at Kharda.
11/1/1996Three national parties (Indira Congress, Janata Party and Samata Party) to lose their recognition as national parties as they failed to get the minimum required support in the general election to the 11th Lok Sabha.
7/19/1993Girilal Jain, senior journalist, passed away.