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Historical Event on 4/16/1959
Raurkela Iron Project's first furnace started functioning.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/17/1992 | Suburban rail fare increase cut; 20\% hike in first class, second class A/C sleeper and chair car reduced to 15\%. |
| 8/26/1909 | Dr.Moti Chandra, great historian, was born. |
| 9/15/1940 | Anil Yashwant Tipnis, Air Chief Marshal, was born. |
| 1/9/1993 | An Indian Airlines TU-154 plane crash lands in Delhi, all the 165 on board escape; Civil Aviation Minister Scindia resigns; PM cancels Dhaka visit; SAARC summit put off. |
| 6/12/1960 | 783 Sikhs are arrested while demonstrating for an independent Sikh state in New Delhi. |
| 12/5/1951 | Abanindranath Tagore, a great Modern Indian Painter, passed away. |
| 8/27/1604 | Guru Granth Sahib was established in the Golden Temple of Amritsar. |
| 7/21/1977 | Bhudevchandra Basu, famous animal expert, passed away. |
| 10/2/1957 | All India Scheduled Caste Federation formally dissolved and a new political party 'Republican Party of India' was formed. |
| 8/27/1992 | The President issues two ordinances making it mandatory for new medical and dental colleges to obtain prior approval of the Medical and Dental Councils of India before their establishment. |
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