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Historical Event on 6/16/1946

Britain invites Indian leaders to set up an interim govt at London.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/7/1999A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, rejects the Opposition demand for resignation of three Central Ministers L. K. Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi and Uma Bharati in the Ayodhya case.
7/23/1996India's admission to Asian Regional Forum was endorsed by Foreign Ministers of the group at Jakarta.
2/19/1855U. V. Swaminathan Iyyer, mahamahopadhyay Tamil author, was born.
6/4/1992Stock broker Harshad Mehta and his associates arrested.
7/22/1993Swiss Justice ministry reveals that Hindujas, Quatrocchi and Win Chadha are among the seven appellants fighting to prevent the transfer of Bofors pay off names to India.
10/20/1961B. S. Guha, famous human scientist, died.
1/2/1992Central Ministers Cabinet approved that elections will take place after the death of any independent candidate.
4/1/1995Open General Licence (OGL) list expanded from 43 to 75 as import of consumer goods liberalised.
6/6/1962General Election ( 3rd) of India ends.
8/12/1928The Olympic Games hosted by Amsterdam fully realized Pierre de Coubertin's vision: 'the nations of the world in friendly competition'. After a succession of Olympics dominated by North America and Western Europe, Amsterdam welcomed more than 3,000 competitors.