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Historical Event on 5/16/1975
Sikkim High Court was established at Gangtok for Sikkim territory.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/11/1999 | Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case: The Supreme Court confirmed the death sentence on four of the 26 accused, life imprisionment to three and acquitted the remaining 19 people. |
| 1/25/1971 | Himachal Pradesh becomes a full-fledged 18th Indian Union state. |
| 11/14/1919 | Anantrao Bhalerao, freedom fighter, journalist and editor of daily news paper ""Marathawada"", was born. |
| 7/29/1988 | Syed Modi, 28-year national badminton champion, was shot dead at K. D. Singh Stadium in Lucknow. |
| 1/20/1879 | Raghunath Chaudhary, famous Assamia nature poet, was born. |
| 5/19/1971 | Indian Navy's first submarine station started at 'Veer Bahu' in Visakhapatanam. |
| 10/22/1962 | Bakhra-Nangal Dam, a multipurpose river valley project, was dedicated to the nation by Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. |
| 12/26/1904 | First cross-country motor car race inaugurated between Dehli and Bombay started its rally. It was organised by Motor Union of Western India. |
| 3/21/2000 | The 10,000 bond scheme for short-term visitors to the UK will not be applied to India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, said British Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Keith Vaz. |
| 12/14/1962 | Bharathi Arun, cricketer (Indian pace bowler late-80's), was born in Vijayawada. |
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