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Historical Event on 1/15/1996

Victoria Terminus (VT) station in Mumbai renamed Chhatrapati Shivaji Railway Terminus by the Centre.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/31/1970Indira Gandhi called for international help as the civil war in Bangladesh, or East Pakistan, had turned two million people into refugees. Many of them were suffering from cholera and smallpox. The authorities of West Pakistan refused to care for them, and India couldn't afford to.
6/1/1998Finance Minister announced the Swadeshi budget.
5/20/1915Gandhiji founded Satyagraha Ashram (later known as Sabarmati Ashram after the name of the river) at Ahmedabad.
5/30/1995Notification issued for the constitution of Jharkhand Autonomous District Council.
12/31/1929At the Lahore session, under the Presidentship of Jawaharlal Nehru, the Congress adopted a resolution of 'Poorna Swaraj' (Complete Independence), the slogan given by Gandhiji. The tricolour flag of freedom was unfurled and 26th January 1930 was decided to be celebrated as Independence day every year. This session led to Civil Disobedience Movement, Dandi March to break the Salt Law, etc.
10/21/1994Government notifies substantial increase in the ceiling on election expenses on Lok Sabha and Assembly polls.
3/2/1990DMK Front to form government in Pondicherry and Congress (I) in Maharashtra.
6/6/1962General Election ( 3rd) of India ends.
7/12/1960Bhagalpur University was established in Bihar.
1/7/1859The Bahadur Shah II case trial was started, which ended on March 29.