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Historical Event on 7/16/1954
French rule ends in Mahe. De facto power was transferred to the people and the Indian flag hoisted.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/11/1991 | Resident Editor of Nagpur Times Ramnarayan Dube assassinated. |
| 11/7/1958 | Nehru said the role of Gen. Mohammed Ayub Khan in Pakistan had increased the 'risk and danger of war' between India and Pakistan. |
| 6/3/1890 | Baburao Painter (Baburao Krishnaji Meshri), famous painter, sculptor, film producer and director, was born. |
| 9/29/1907 | Labour MP James Keir Hardie accuses UK of running India 'like the Czar runs Russia' |
| 2/1/1994 | ONGC becomes a Public Limited Company. |
| 2/1/1948 | Marathi Sanshodhan Mandal' established. |
| 11/15/1911 | First meeting of the governing body of the Indian Research Fund Association (IRFA) was held at the Plague Laboratory, Bombay, under the Chairmanship of Sir Harcourt Butler. |
| 12/12/1872 | Balkrishna Shivram Munje, freedom fighting leader and president of Hindu Mahasabha, was born. |
| 8/29/1991 | Second operational Indian Remote Sensing satellite (IRS-1B) launched by a Russian launch vehicle, Vostok. It is still in service. |
| 12/15/1859 | S. Kasturiranga Ayengar, owner of Hindu newspaper, was born. |
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