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Historical Event on 7/16/1956

K. L. Pawar, who guided students for the written examinations, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/6/1985P.T. Usha sets record for 400m (Women) in 51.61 seconds at Canberra .
2/8/1936Manohar Shankar Hardikar, cricketer (batted in 2 Tests India vs West Indies in 1958-59), was born in Baroda.
3/10/1991The Army Dental Corps celebrates its Golden Jubilee and proudly recounts its past glory.
10/11/1894Sudhirranjan Das, former Chief Justice of Supreme Court, was born.
7/5/1905Lord Curzon joined the part of Bengal to Asam and divided Bengal.
5/27/1952United Nationalist Party and the Indian Democratic Party combined to form one opposition party - National Democratic Party with Dr. S. P. Mukherjee as leader.
2/2/1958Family tradition still counts for something in Indian politics. Indira Gandhi, the only daughter of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and the granddaughter of a statesman, has been elected president of the Congress party in India. Mrs. Gandhi will be installed into her new office next Sunday, and her job is not expected to be an easy one. The Congress party has been wracked by internal dissension and has been on the verge of collapse. It is hoped that Mrs. Gandhi, who is 41, will breath some new life into the party. Most of the politicians who have been arguing about the future of their party and country are fairly old. Mrs. Gandhi, who is known for her leftist sentiments, is expected to act quickly to put her own mark on party policies.
4/2/1948Communist leader S.A. Dange arrested in Bombay.
1/28/1925Raja Ramanna, fourth President of Indian Atomic Energy Commission, was born.
11/18/2000Yashwant Sinha, Finance Minister, said there would be no cuts in Income Tax rates in the next budget, and signalled that the reforms process will continue.