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Historical Event on 7/16/1999
17 are killed and over 200 injured when the Delhi bound GT Express collides with derailed wagons of a goods train near Mathura.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/15/1990 | Punjab Government returned gold and other valuables seized from Golden Temple during the 1984 Blue Star operation to SGPC. |
| 10/17/1919 | The Khilafat Movement was launched under the leadership of Maulana Jauhar Ali, Maulana Shaukat Ali and Abdul Kalam Azad. |
| 5/29/1957 | Satish Kumar Sareen graduated from the first batch of the JSW and went onto the AFFC for flying training. |
| 11/6/1931 | Chithira Tirunal Bala Ramavarma, ascended throne and ruled state of Travancore as Maharaja, passed away. |
| 4/16/1997 | Govt. orders foreign and domestic airlines to install air safety systems by the end of 1998. Aircraft with more than 30 seats that do not have Airborne Collision Avoidance System and transponders not to be allowed into Indian airpace from 1/1/99. |
| 1/18/1996 | N. T. Rama Rao, chief minister of Andhra Pradesh (during 1983-84, 84-89, 94-95), passed away at Hydrabad. |
| 12/16/1952 | Sri Ramalu Potiu sacrificed his life for the demand of seperate Andhra Pradesh state for the Telugu- speaking people. |
| 7/8/1918 | Montagu - Chelmsford Report was published. This report was prepared to reform the legislature of India. This report was made by Edwin Montagu who was the Secretary of States for India and Lord Chelmsford, who was the Viceroy. |
| 7/16/1917 | Jagdishchandra Mathur, modern Hindi playwright, was born. |
| 5/13/1962 | Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Dr. Rajendra Prasad (1884-1963). |
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