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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
10/13/1999Atal Krishna Bihari Vajpayee became the Prime Minister of India.
2/19/1986Computerised railway ticket reservation system was introduced in New Delhi Railway station.
6/24/1991Jayalalitha ministry sworn in in Tamil Nadu.
6/10/1888Balraj Bhalla, revolutionary, was born.
5/17/1927A.N. Radhakrishnan, great educationist, was born.
6/10/194277 Mountain Brigade was raised at Sagar, Madhya Pradesh.
6/2/1988Raj Kapoor, famous film actor, director and Dadasaheb Phalke awardee, passed away.
2/7/1997Bal Thackeray, Shiv Sena supremo, found guilty of contempt of court and sentenced to simple imprisonment of one week and a fine of Rs. 2000 by Nagpur bench of Mumbai HC for his statement that ''a judge had demanded a bribe of Rs. 35 lakhs for favouring a litigant''.
6/16/1893Karumuttu Thiagarajan Chettiar, social worker and industrialist, was born at Athikkadu Thekkur in Tamil Nadu.
9/18/1958Dr. Bhagwan Das, great philosopher, freedom fighter, Hindi writer, politician and litterateur, passed away.