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Historical Event on 5/16/1960

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

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/4/1912Dhundiraj Gopal Sapre, Sahityaratna and Sanskrit litterateur, was born.
3/1/1909First Indian Iron Company 'Tata Iron and Steel' established.
3/1/1939Satish Kumar Sareen was born in Rawalpindi (now in Pakistan). He became the Air Chief Marshal.
12/1/1955Nikita Khrushchev delivers speech condemning British colonialism.
8/13/1954Nehru says dispute over Portuguese colonies in India must be settled peacefully.
5/1/1909Madame Bhikaji Cama secretly left London and went to France where she was wrote and spoke about the cruelty of Britishers.
3/28/1991IAF men die in an air crash in Bangalore.
6/1/1786Madras General Post Office started functioning.
7/18/1993Jayalalitha goes on fast on Cauvery issue.
8/8/1955Dr. Homi J. Bhabha elected chairman of the international conference on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy.