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Historical Event on 8/16/1994
Government agrees to present the revised ATR on JPC report on Scam; Parliament crisis defused.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/15/1854 | The first train of the East Indian Railways steamed out of Howrah station destined for Hoogly, which was at a distance of 24 miles. It was the first passenger train catering to public traffic. Officially, it was inaugurated in 1855. |
| 1/16/1919 | Nasikrao Khantadu Tirpude, former Duputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra, was born. |
| 5/20/1932 | Bipinchandra Ramchandra Pal, powerful journalist and revolutionary freedom fighter, passed away. He was amongst the trio which was known as ""Lal - Bal - Pal"" during the freedom struggle. He started a newspaper called ""Swaraj"" for the Indians in England. He also edited several other newspapers like ""Tribune"", ""New India"", ""Vande Mataram"", ""Swaraj"", ""Hindu Review"", ""Democrat"", ""Independent Bengali"", etc. |
| 2/5/1968 | Narottam Nagar, veteran hindi writer, passed away. |
| 4/22/1942 | The Telecommunication Training Centre was established at Jabalpur. |
| 3/30/1993 | Air Time Committee Chief P.S. Deodhar and its members resign in protest against the implementation of the metro channel of Doordarshan. |
| 10/30/1928 | Madhav Vinayak Gothoskar, cricket Test umpire for 14 tests from 1972-84, was born in Mumbai. |
| 6/1/1996 | H.D. Deve Gowda's 21-member Central cabinet sworn in. |
| 10/18/1995 | President's Rule imposed in UP and the State Assembly put in suspended animation. |
| 2/3/1994 | Akash' missile launched successfully. |
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