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Historical Event on 4/16/1962

Third Lok Sabha constituted after the third general election in India. J. L. Nehru forms the third Congress ministry.

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1/10/1996Supreme Court tells Arunachal Pradesh to give protection to Chakma refugees.
10/24/1904Lalchand Hirachand, famous industialist, was born.
2/1/1831The first Fine Arts Exhibition by Brush Club was held in a Public Library of Calcutta.
9/28/1991Shankar Guha Niyogi, an active trade union leader of Madhya Pradesh, was shot dead by unknown assailants.
1/28/1961Foundation-stone of the first factory of H.M.T. wrist watches laid in Bangalore.
8/5/1939In the first case to be brought under Prohibition laws, a railroad passenger was today convicted of possessing a bottle of brandy in Bombay.
3/15/1908Police shoot four people in rioting.
1/25/1983Telugu Desam swept to power in Andhra Pradesh.
11/28/1956Chou En- lai, Chinese Prime Minister, came to India.
10/19/1910Subrahamanyam Chandrasekhar was born in Lahore. He was one of the world's leading astrophysicists. For his contributions to the study of stars, Chandrasekhar had received the highest award in Science, the Noble Prize in Physics in 1983.