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Historical Event on 5/16/1960

International Telex Service between India and U.K. started.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/23/1997India win Sahara Cup Cricket series by 4-1 victory over Pakistan.
12/27/1976The Kangla Tongbi war memorial built for 221 members who laid down their lives to repulsed several waves of Japanese attacks. Advance Base Depot is shifted to Jabalpur. The original memorial was erected on 15 April 1946 from local stone and the main epitaph displayed above is of black Naga stone.
9/22/1937The last contingent of Indian freedom fighters was send to Andaman & Nicobar Islands.
4/7/1993Narsimha Rao,PM, arrives in Bangkok on a three-day visit to Thailand.
2/8/1985P. K. Kaul was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 22-08-1986.
12/3/1889Khudiram Bose, famous revolutionary and freedom fighter of Muzaffarpur Bomb Case, was born at Habibpur village, West Bengal.
5/31/1997Fourth National Games opened at Bangalore.
4/8/1998India enters into a historical partnership with France with the formal launch of a joint programme for restoring and protecting the Taj Mahal.
12/23/1977Harvinder Singh, great Indian ODI pace-bowler (1997), was born.
10/24/1997Kerala bans ragging in educational institutions by an ordinance.