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Historical Event on 7/16/1954
French rule ends in Mahe. De facto power was transferred to the people and the Indian flag hoisted.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/4/1991 | An abortive bid to hijack a Calcutta-Agartala flight by a 24-year old youth. |
| 6/11/2000 | Assailants gun down 12 upper caste persons, including eight of a family in Bihar's Nawada district. |
| 10/31/1975 | Sachin Dev Burman, famous music director, died. |
| 12/12/1901 | Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore founded the first dance school called as ""Kala Bhawan"" and established the ""Barahamacharya Ashram"", the core of Vishwa Bharati University of Shantiniketan, near Bolpur. It was formally opened on December. |
| 6/18/1993 | The 14th national council of the BJP at Bangalore swears by Hindutva. |
| 12/3/1790 | Lord Cornwallis took away the regulation power from Nawab Murshidabad and Sadar Nizamat was removed from Adalat in Calcutta. |
| 4/26/1841 | Bombay Gazette begins publishing on silk. |
| 9/23/1903 | Yusuf Meherali, freedom fighter and socialist, was born. |
| 9/29/1906 | Chhajju Ram, social worker and teacher, was born at Manawar, Chhamb. |
| 6/30/1930 | George Fernandes, worker's leader and politician, was born. |
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