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Historical Event on 4/16/1903

Kalka-Simla Railway line section was opened for public conveyance.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/18/1995President's Rule imposed in UP and the State Assembly put in suspended animation.
7/19/1965Batukeshwar Dutt, great revolutionary, passed away.
6/20/1996Govt. of India declares at Geneva conference on 'Global Ban On Nuclear Testing' that it won't sign the CTBT.
11/9/1990Vishwanath Pratap Singh resigned from the post of Prime Minister of India after losing the Vote of Confidence moved against him.
1/31/1992The Securities and Exchange Board of India given statutory power as an autonomous body.
9/23/1967P. S. Vaidya, great Indian ODI pace bowler (1995-96), was born.
6/17/1839Lord William Bentik, governor general of India, was born.
11/13/1780Maharaja Ranjit Singh, ""Lion of Punjab"", was born.
4/4/1991Gujarat CM Chimanbhai Patel JD (Gujarat)-to contest the elections with poll understanding with Congress (I).
8/22/1942Harikrishna Kaul (Raja Pandit), administrator and Prime Minister of Jammu Kashmir and Patiyala, died.