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Historical Event on 5/16/1975

Sikkim annexed principality and was declared as the 22nd state of Indian Union.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/29/1991P.V. Narasimha Rao elected President of Congress (I).
7/1/1968Asia's biggest nuclear research lab started in New Delhi.
7/24/1911Pannalal Ghosh, famous flute player, was born.
5/20/1878Krishnashastri Chiplunkar, Marathi novelist and omnicent, passed away.
7/22/1944Man Mohan Modi Seth , great industrialist, was born at Modinagar, U.P.
7/4/1992Sanskrit made a compulsory subject from sixth to intermediate classes in Uttar Pradesh.
1/14/1994The first Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Centenary Award for Excellence in Biomedical Research, instituted by ICMR in 1991-92, was announced in 1994 (Dr. G. Padamanabhan, Director, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, is the first recipient of this Award).
9/12/1998India, Malaysia sign an agreement on cooperation in science and technology in Kuala Lumpur.
1/10/1997The second leg of the Indian Satellite circuit held in Ahmedabad.
9/24/1992Union Labour Minister announces a new export-oriented emigration policy in place of the regulatory one.