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Historical Event on 5/16/1945
Prahraj Gopalchandra, modern author of Oria language, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/9/1989 | Yasser Arafat, PLO Chairman, arrives on a two-day state visit to India. |
| 1/1/1880 | Money order system was introduced. |
| 2/10/1995 | PM appoints Madhavrao Scindia as Human Resource Minister, Pranab Mukherjee as External Minister, Buta Singh as Civil Supplies, Ajit Singh as Food, and P. Chidambaram as Commerce Minister. |
| 7/23/1976 | Hari Chand at Montreal sets record for 10,000m in 28.48.72. |
| 10/23/1997 | I.K. Gujral, PM, leaves for Edinburgh to attend Commonwealth Heads of Govt. Meeting. |
| 3/25/1954 | The first helicopter S-55 arrived ferried to Delhi. The Indian Air Force experience with rotary wing aircraft. It was indeed a 'red letter day' in the history of IAF a befitting gift on its coming of age ' when the first helicopter wearing IAF markings appeared at Palam in the form of a Sikorsky, S-55. Such a swift action, complete involvement and dedication on the part of the crew and technicians was the clear indication of the standards with which One-O-Four set about its tasks for others to emulate. |
| 6/3/1992 | Kerala CM K. Karunakaran injured in a road accident. |
| 8/25/1997 | Cabinet approved the draft of the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) which was to replace the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act (FERA). |
| 6/28/1991 | K. Doraiswamy, a senior executive of the Indian Oil Corporation, was kidnapped by Kashmir ultras. |
| 4/27/1960 | Presidential orders were issued on the report of the Committee of Parliament on official Languages which includes issues relating to preparation of terminology (Hindi glossaries, Hindia translation of codes and procedural literature, imparting training in Hindi to employees propagation of Hindi, language of bills, language to be used in the Supreme Court and High Court etc). |
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