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Historical Event on 1/15/1996

Restoration of the original name of the city as ""Mumbai"" for Bombay Vide Maharashtra Act No, XXV of 1996.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/13/1911Sister Nivedita, follower of Vivekanand, died.
5/14/1996H.D. Deve Gowda elected leader of the third front as its prime ministerial candidate.
8/1/200027 'yatris' (travelers) die after militants attack a ''langar'' in a Pahalgam health resort en route to the Amarnath cave shrine.
5/26/1998S. Chandrasekar, scientist, was selected for the Niels Bohr-UNESCO gold medal.
6/8/1897Manindranath Basu, Bengali story writer and novelist, was born.
8/18/1993The Transport Development Council decides to abolish Pathkar (entry tax) and increase the fee for national permit from Rs. 1500 to Rs. 5000.
11/30/1995G. Umapati, filmmaker, died.
7/15/1948Establishment of 'PEPS' (Patiyala and East Punjab States Union).
2/1/1855East India Railways were held for formal inauguration; Howrah station was opened.
10/16/193635 killed in Hindu-Muslim riots at Bombay.