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Historical Event on 7/16/1954

French rule ends in Mahe. De facto power was transferred to the people and the Indian flag hoisted.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/20/1819Jose Custodio Faria (Joseph Stadio Faria), revolutionary scientist of Goa died.
8/23/1994Former prime minister Mian Nawaz Sharif said that Pakistan possessed a nuclear bomb and warned that an attack by India could start a nuclear war in Pakistan.
11/14/1996Competition Post Card', a new category of postcard, priced Rs. 2 introduced.
1/8/1973Nanasaheb Parulekar, father of 'Sakal' newspaper, died.
9/27/1703More than 8,000 people died in a cyclone in England.
10/5/1993CBI chargesheeted 40 in Ayodhya case. Advani, Joshi and Bal Thackeray were among the accused.
8/10/1988Ramakrishna Hegde resigns as CM of Karnataka on moral grounds in connection with phone tapping issue.
8/10/1988Humayun died at Delhi. Two days earlier he had slipped on the staircase of a library being constructed at the Old Fort.
8/30/1908Ganpatrao Tapase, senior freedom fighter and former Governor of Uttar Pradesh and Haryana, was born.
3/8/1948Air India International was established for overseas services.