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Historical Event on 4/16/1992
The PM gives a new slogan to the nation, 'Desh banao, desh bachao'.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/9/1995 | Militants set Charar township on fire in the vicinity of the Charar-e-Sherif shrine. More than 1,000 houses burnt. |
| 3/4/1996 | Union govt. decides to set up a national grid for the distribution of petroleum products. |
| 8/27/1976 | Major-General (Kumari) Gertude Ali Ram, the first women General in Indian Army, was appointed as the first Director of Military Nursing Services at the Army Headquarters. |
| 8/6/1998 | SriKrishna Commission report was tabled by the Maharashtra government. It was rejected by the ruling alliance whom it heavily indicted. |
| 9/14/1992 | Three days of heavy rains cause flooding in northern India and Pakistan claiming 2,500 lives. |
| 5/17/1957 | Nehru, who went to Ceylon to celebrate the 2,500th anniversary of the founding of Buddhism, calls for an end to nuclear tests. |
| 4/23/1751 | Gilbert Aliat Minto, governor general of East India Company, was born. |
| 3/31/1959 | Dalai Lama fled China & was granted political asylum in India. |
| 7/30/1883 | Badridas Goenka, famous industrialist, was born. |
| 4/28/1992 | Vinayak Krishna Gokak, famous Kannad poet and Gyanpeeth Awardee, passed away. |
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