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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
9/3/1995Ram Jethmalani (lawyer and MP) launches a new party, Bharatiya Lok Panchayat, to rid the country of its evils.
4/11/1942All-India Congress party rejects British offer of dominion status at New Delhi.
8/28/1998India and Pakistan clash at the Security Council after New Delhi denounced the running of terrorist training camps in the Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and Afghanistan.
6/9/1957General Election ( 2nd) of India ends.
10/14/1885Mukandi Lal, famous Hindi writer, was born in Chamoli at U.P.
9/29/1971Cyclone & tidal wave off Bay of Bengal kills as many as 10,000 people.
11/13/1922Mahadev Sadashivrao Ande, freedom fighter and political leader, was born.
1/11/2000Mrs. Anju, wife of Shoaib Ilyasi of 'India's Most Wanted' famed serial, dies under mysterious circumstances.
11/24/1924Rasipuram Krishnaswami Laxman, famous political cartoonist, was born.
11/14/1889Jawaharlal Nehru, first Prime Minister of India, was born. To commemorate his birthday, this day is observed as 'Children's Day' from 1957.