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Historical Event on 7/16/1992

Shankar Dayal Sharma is appointed President.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/21/1981Kerala under central rule.
9/8/1947There was little time to celebrate independence in India and Pakistan as large parts of the dominions were paralyzed with fear. Mobs ran wild as Muslims and Hindus battled to death and turned streets into rivers of blood.
8/10/1905Sundarji Gokuldas Betard, modern Gujrathi poet, was born.
1/22/1858Veer Narayan Singh, freedom fighter, was sentenced to death.
1/25/1983Telugu Desam swept to power in Andhra Pradesh.
1/27/1888Jinvijayji Muni, famous Shwetambar Jain Yati, was born.
5/1/1996Motilal Vohra, U.P. Governor, resigns (hawala case).
12/1/1974Sucheta Kriplani, former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, passed away.
4/8/1919Gandhiji arrested on way to Delhi for refusal to comply with order not to enter Punjab; escorted back to Bombay; outbreaks of violence in several towns.
9/4/1998Mumbai Metropolitan court acquits Union Minister for Environment and Forests Suresh Prabhu in a case of cheque bouncing.