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Historical Event on 8/16/1997
Krishan Kant, Andhra Pradesh's Governor, elected as the Vice President of India.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/18/1857 | The Calcutta, Mumbai and Madras Universities were established. |
| 5/8/1930 | Gandhi followers mob Bombay to protest his arrest. |
| 6/30/1931 | June Thorburn, actress (Touch & Go, Children Galore), was born in Kashmir, India. |
| 4/27/1854 | First telegram was sent between Mumbai and Pune. |
| 6/1/1964 | Nava Paisa, established in 1947, was renamed as 'Paisa'. |
| 10/14/1955 | Colombo Plan conference held at New Delhi pleas for technological aid to Asia . |
| 1/4/1958 | Waverley John Anderson, Scottish viscount and Governor of Bengal, died at the age of 75. |
| 4/15/1948 | Indian territory of Himachal Pradesh was created by the merger of some 30 small ruling states. |
| 1/10/1979 | Anand Gopal Shauri, litterateur and journalist, passed away. |
| 10/6/1927 | The first independent film processing laboratory, Atmanand Laboratory, was set up by Narayanrao alias Dhanjibhai K. Desai at Bombay. |
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