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Historical Event on 1/16/1995

Missile carrier vessel 'Vidhrut' dedicated to nation.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/3/1979Construction of the main second Howrah Bridge (Vidyasagar Setu) started.
11/29/1945Ugoslaviya in Rajshahi was ended.
10/29/1947Mysore's popular ministry sworn in.
8/29/1976Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam of Bengal, great revolutionary, died on his visit to Dhaka in Bangladesh.
11/16/1995Mass Rapid Transit System (MRTS), India's first elevated suburban railway, becomes operational in Madras.
4/5/1993G. V. Iyer's Sanskrit film 'Bhagavad Geeta was adjudged the best film at the National Film Awards.
2/23/1993Noted Hindi poet Naresh Mehta wins Gyanpith Award.
11/21/1999The Centre retired two members of the Prasar Bharati Board, Ms. Romila Thapar, eminent historian and Mr. Rajendra Yadav.
7/1/1962Purushottamdas Tandon, great leader and editor, died at Allahabad.
6/17/1994Twelve opposition legislators in Sikkim resign.