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Historical Event on 2/16/1962

General Election ( 3rd) of India begins.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/29/1991A 32-member Left Front cabinet led by Jyoti Basu sworn in in West Bengal.
3/9/1914Hansaraj Rahbar, the unfolder of prominent personalities and dynamic writer, was born.
7/19/1763Mir Kasim was defeated in 'Katwa' battle by Britishers.
9/10/1623Shah Jahan entered Rajputana and raided Amber crossing the Tapti. He arrived near the kingdom of Golconda and from there passed on to Orissa which was surrendered to him.
11/29/1952First international organization for birth control founded in Bombay.
7/4/1900Swami Shivanand Saraswati, religious leader, was born.
9/16/1954The Lok Sabha adopted a clause in the Special Marriage Bill providing for divorce by consent.
6/6/199614 Janata Dal legislators revolt in Karnataka against the composition of the J H Patel ministry.
5/7/2000Ranjit Singh Gill, one of the prime accused in the murder of Lalit Maken and his wife Geetanjali, who was the daughter of the late President Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma, on July 31, 1985, was extradited to Delhi from the US to stand trial in the case.
5/28/199613-day-old BJP-led minority coalition govt. headed by A.B. Vajpayee quits at the end of a two-day debate on a motion of confidence.