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Historical Event on 2/16/1962

General Election ( 3rd) of India begins.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/16/1980Communal riots continue; death toll in Uttar Pradesh City hits 130.
2/21/1993Naxals free Andhra Pradesh Congress (I) MLA P.Balaraju and a govt. official after 22 days in captivity.
9/22/1979Israel conducts nuclear test at Indian Ocean.
1/1/1862Indian Penal Code and code of Criminal Procedure passed on October 6, 1860 came into force.
8/7/1988N. T. Ramarao elected chairman and V.P. Singh the convenor of the National Front.
3/10/1873Maulana Shaukat Ali, freedom fighter, nationalist and Muslim politician, was born.
12/23/1992Varma Commission indicts IB, the Centre and Tamil Nadu police for failure to protect Rajiv Gandhi.
8/9/1969Ochterlony Memorial in Calcutta was renamed as 'Shahid Minar'.
12/8/2000EC nod for Paswans's party to be known as Lok Janshakti Party.
12/23/2000The Centre gives a green signal to West Bengal Government's proposal to rename Calcutta as ''Kolkata''.