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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
11/6/1930First Round Table Conference held at London.
3/16/1977Sixth General Election of India begins.
4/10/1982Mahatma Gandhi Road Bridge at Patna started by Indira Gandhi.
8/3/1993Bill to regulate cable TV introduced in Rajya Sabha.
1/14/1760Eyree Coote, British Army Captain, captured and surrendered Pondicherry, capitulated French General Lally.
7/6/1942Urmila Devi Shastri, freedom fighter and editor of ""Janma Bhoomi"", died due to non-medical facility and mal-nutrition in Jail. She has also written ""Karagaar Ke Anubhav"" in 1930. She was arrested for Satyagrah and forcefully closing of Foreign Goods.
3/25/1920Sardar Sambhaji Chandrojirao Angre, politician and farmer, was born.
6/22/198219 persons were killed and 25 injured when an Air India Boeing 707 from Singapore via Madras crashed at Bombay.
9/28/1964The simmering dispute of India and Pakistan between the Hindus and Muslims erupted again in Kashmir. Fighting was also reported on this day in the Indian province of Rajasthan. China, which supported Pakistan in the dispute, sent massed troops on its border.
9/26/1999Six selected for Shanti Swaroop award for Science.