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Historical Event on 6/16/1951
Nehru opponents founded People's party at New Delhi.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/21/1938 | Muhammad Iqbal, famous Urdu poet, passed away. |
| 5/27/1930 | India's major cities are seething with unrest following the arrest of Mahatma Gandhi and thousands of his followers in the campaign of civil disobedience against British rule. Civil unrest in Bombay, where at least six were killed and sixty injured. |
| 9/8/1991 | Hostage ONGC engineer T.S. Raju and mediator Bipul Mahanta, an Amnesty International member, killed by ULFA in Assam. |
| 9/8/1991 | |
| 2/15/1945 | Indian troops capture Pagan at Burma. |
| 2/8/1872 | Lord Mayo, Viceroy of India, was assassinated by prisoner Sher Ali during his visit to Andaman Islands. |
| 3/10/1991 | The Army Dental Corps celebrates its Golden Jubilee and proudly recounts its past glory. |
| 10/12/1993 | National Environment Council with PM as chairperson set up. |
| 6/6/1867 | Baba Kharak Singh, freedom fighter, was born at Sialkot. |
| 10/1/1997 | Parliamentarian and All-India Forward Bloc general secretary, Chitta Basu died during his journey by Howrah-bound Danaput Express from Patna. He was 72. |
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