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Historical Event on 7/16/1997

V. S. Rama Devi, Secretary-General of Rajya Sabha, appointed Governor of Himachal Pradesh.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/4/1995The fourth ASLV-D4 blasts off from Sriharikota, successfully placing the SROSS-C2 satellite in orbit.
10/18/1995President's Rule imposed in UP and the State Assembly put in suspended animation.
12/22/1928An Alpine Romance', a 709 feet long sound film produced by Universal Picture Corporation, America, was the first sound film censored at Bombay on December 22. The other sound films censored on the same day were 'The Brox Sisters' and 'Bailey and Barnum.'
6/18/1926Bhishma Singh Chauhan, great author, was born at Naglajula (U.P).
1/9/1976President suspends seven freedoms guaranteed by Article 19 of the Constitution.
11/15/199237 die in a landslide at Meghamalai near Chinnamanur.
5/14/1960The first plane of India flew upto New York.
9/8/1947There was little time to celebrate independence in India and Pakistan as large parts of the dominions were paralyzed with fear. Mobs ran wild as Muslims and Hindus battled to death and turned streets into rivers of blood.
8/1/2000The Lok Sabha adopts Uttar Pradesh State Reorganisation Bill paving the way for the creation of Uttaranchal the 27th State.
8/5/1905Dr. Rajah Sir Muthiah Chettiar, social reformer, was born.