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Historical Event on 8/16/1965
Indian troops cross Kashmir line, seizes two Pakistani outposts.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/6/1999 | Kalpnath Rai (58), former Union Minister, died in New Delhi. |
| 3/19/1998 | Abdul Rauf Seddiopui, Samajwadi Party leader, is shot dead near Jadharpur village in Bareilly district. |
| 1/10/1932 | Gandhi and his wife are arrested by the Indian authorities. |
| 5/1/1966 | Marathi becomes the official language of Maharashtra. |
| 10/21/1954 | Government of India and France sign an agreement for the de-facto transfer of the French settlement of Pondicherry, Karaikal, Mahe to the Indian Union. The merger took place on November 1. |
| 5/18/1974 | Jayaprakash Narayan led a procession against economic conditions in Patna. There was lathi charged and he issued a call for total revolution. He also started the 'Citizens for Democracy' movement. |
| 3/16/1860 | Dr. W.M. Haffkine, great scientist, bacteriologist and professor, was born at Odessa in Russia. |
| 4/1/2000 | Disinvestment not distress sell, says Prime Minister A. B. Vajpayee at a conference of chief executives of PSUs in New Delhi. |
| 12/10/1857 | Veer Narayan Singh organised a small group and had an encounter with British army. He was charged treason and sentenced to death. He was executed publicly. |
| 3/29/1970 | Union Government revises the percentage of reservation in service for SC\STs from 12.5\% to 15\%. Orders to be effective from 25 March. |
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