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Historical Event on 6/16/1990

Bombay gets 42 cm rainfall, the century's highest. The previous high of 41 cm was recorded on 18, 1986.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/1/1955India's Untouchability (Offence) Act comes into force.
8/15/1947Indian Independence Day.
3/28/1914Komagata Maru sailed from Hong Kong to Vancouver with 351 Sikhs and 21 Punjabi Muslim youths under the captaincy of Sardar Gurjeet Singh as a part of 'Ghadar' Movement.
1/18/1950India is declared a secular republic. Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru (1947-1964) is determined to abolish casteism and industrialize the nation. Constitution makes Hindi official national language, English to continue for 15 years, 14 major state languages are recognized. India also moved a motion for no war treaty between India and Pakistan to improve the relations with neighboring countries.
3/17/19674th Parliament (Lok Sabha) was formed.
2/1/1835East India company obtained Darjeeling from the King of Sikkim.
7/10/1991Shivraj Patil of Congress elected Speaker of 10th Lok Sabha.
4/3/1932Boycott of British goods was so widespread that 70\% of cotton products were now thought to have come from Japan.
2/19/1891Amrita Bazaar Patrika became a daily newspaper.
3/16/1993Central government introduces pension scheme for 170 million EPF subscribers.



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