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Historical Event on 5/16/1995

Government of India decides not to extend the validity of TADA Act.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/5/1868Laxmi Narayan Barua, Assamia novelist, was born.
12/10/1984Justice Thakkar Commission appointed to enquire into the assassination of Indira Gandhi.
6/17/1961The HF-24 Marut supersonic fighter, designed by German engineer Kurt Tank, makes its maiden flight.
12/9/1825Tula Ram Rao, one of the revolutionary heroes of the 1857 and Sepoy Mutiny, was born.
11/16/1995Mass Rapid Transit System (MRTS), India's first elevated suburban railway, becomes operational in Madras.
7/3/1745Ranoji Shinde died.
1/1/1975Shankarrao Vasudev Kirloskar, famous iindustrialist, died.
1/1/1897Girja Dayal Girish, great poet and writer, was born at Saraiyan Mahipat Singh, U.P.
6/22/1897The Chafekar brothers, Damodar and Balkrishna, shot British Officer Rand in Pune. This event played a very important role in the revolutionary freedom fighter.
10/5/1991Ramnath Goenka, journalist and founder chairman of the Indian Express Newspapers Group, died at the age of 87 years.