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Historical Event on 7/16/1969
Morarji Desai resigns from cabinet.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/4/1933 | Mahatma Gandhi sentenced to one year imprisonment. |
| 7/4/1933 | Guru Angad Dev, Sikh Guru, passed away. |
| 8/21/1991 | Gopinath Mahant, famous Odissi litterateur and Gyanpeeth awardee, died. |
| 2/9/1898 | The Rower of Persia', a short film produced at Calcutta was released on February 9 at Star Theatre, Calcutta. |
| 1/27/1984 | First unit of Atomic Energy Production Centre started at Kalpakkam. |
| 12/9/1999 | BJP expels former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Kalyan Singh. |
| 8/17/1761 | William Carey, the first English missionary to India, was born. He taught at the newly founded Fort William College at Calcutta from 1801 till his death and helped found the Serampore Press, which made the Bible accessible to over 300 million people. |
| 11/12/1999 | A 50-member BJP ministry led by Ram Prakash Gupta is sworn in Uttar Pradesh. |
| 3/15/1941 | Gorkha Rifles Battalion Group (INDBATT) unit was raised as the 4th Battalion, the 2nd King Edward VII's own Gorkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles) by Lt Col O'de T Lovett at Deharadun. |
| 9/14/1967 | US announces plan to give India $1.3 million to buy contraceptives. |
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