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Historical Event on 9/16/1967
Tibetan, Indian and Chinese troops engage in fighting at Natu La pass on the Tibet-Sikkim border.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/10/1992 | Attorney General G. Ramaswamy, under cloud for his dealings with Standard Chartered Bank, resigns. |
| 6/4/1997 | Indian National Satellite (INSAT-2D), fourth satellite in INSAT-2 series, launched. This has additional capabilities such as mobile satellite service, business communication and television outreach beyond Indian boundaries. This became inoperable due to power bus anamoly since Oct. 4, 1997. It was launched by European launch vehicle, Ariane from Kourov in French Guyana. |
| 10/23/1883 | Darashaw Nosherwan Wadia, a pioneer in Indian Geology, was born at Surat in Gujarat. |
| 3/3/1939 | Gandhiji commences ""fast unto death"" at Rajkot to protest state's autocratic rule at Bombay and to secure ruler's adherence of promise given towards reform administration, and ends it on March 7 on Viceroy's intervention. |
| 12/28/1974 | Pandit Hiralal Shastri, great social worker, leader and first Chief Minister of Rajasthan State, died. |
| 8/5/1975 | The RSS, Anand Marg, Jamat-i-Islami, and 23 other organisations were banned. Parliament approved Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act (COFEPOSA). Maintenance of Internal Security Act (MISA) approved by the Parliament. |
| 2/18/1974 | Daniel Moynihan, US ambassador to India, presents $2,046,700,000 cheque. |
| 9/3/1979 | M. M. Bhatnagar was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 14-06-1985. |
| 11/20/1946 | Gandhiji starts tour without party. |
| 4/6/1664 | Abraham Shipmen died without taking charge of Bombay Islands from Portuguese. |
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