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Historical Event on 5/16/1960

International Telex Service between India and U.K. started.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/6/1946Homeguard Organination was established.
11/24/1941Indian infantry attacks German tanks at Sidi Omar.
4/26/1926Karachi Autonomous Region established in RSFSR (until 1943).
9/8/1910Saint Shri Gajanan Maharaj died.
11/18/1727Maharaja Jai Singh-II of Amber laid the stone of Jaipur City. Vidyadhar Chakravarty of Bengal was the architect of the first planned city in India.
9/29/1725Robert Clive, one of the founders of British empire in India and diplomat, was born.
5/18/1933Gandhiji commences at noon 21 days' fast for self-purification; released unconditionally at 9 p.m.
7/19/1998Tremors measuring 4.4 on the Richter scale rocked Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh.
11/15/1913Ravindranath Tagore (1861-1941), received the message that he was awarded with Noble Prize in literature for his collection of poems ""Gitanjali"" . He was the first Indian to be awarded with Nobel Prize. (13 or 15)
1/19/1919Omprakash Mehra, former Indian Air Chief Marshal and former Governor of Maharashtra, was born.