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Historical Event on 5/16/1975
Sikkim High Court was established at Gangtok for Sikkim territory.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/10/1886 | Ardeshir M. Irani, producer, director, exhibitor and founder of Star Films Ltd. Bombay, was born at Poona. His first film was 'Veer Abhimanyu'. |
| 11/12/1969 | Indira Gandhi, who was expelled from Congress for indiscipline during President elections, made a large split and formed her own Congress Party with Jagjivan Ram as President. The party is recognised as Congress (I). |
| 1/16/1999 | Ritwick Bhattacharya (Delhi) and Mekhala Subedar (Maharashtra) won the men's and women's titles in the National squash championship in Calcutta. |
| 5/18/1992 | President R. Venkataraman reaches Beijing. |
| 4/18/1991 | Kerala declared the first fully literate state in the country. |
| 1/2/1967 | University established at Berhampur in Orrisa State. |
| 5/3/1999 | Cochin Port Trust men and Southern Railway women won the 21st Federation Cup volleyball titles in Pathanamthitta. |
| 8/28/1906 | Chintamani Govind (Mama Pendse), great actor, was born. |
| 3/30/1993 | S. M. Pandit, famous painter, passed away. |
| 8/5/1604 | John Eliot, ""Apostle to Indians,"" Bible translator, baptized. |
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