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Historical Event on 11/16/1995

Mass Rapid Transit System (MRTS), India's first elevated suburban railway, becomes operational in Madras.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/29/1876Indian Science Congress Association was established in Bowbazar Street of Calcutta.
7/10/1992Dr. Najma Heptulla re-elected Dy. Chairman of Rajya Sabha.
5/30/1919Rabindranath Tagore returned back the honour as a protest against the Jallianwala Bagh massacre.
6/13/1940Revolutionary leader Udham Singh was hanged for charges of assassinating Micheal Odair, who was the Governor General of Punjab at the time of Jalianwala Baug massacre.
6/13/1940Sheikh Mirza, chieftain of a small state of Ferghana, was born in Turkmenistan.
5/13/1791Lord Cornwallis retreated back to Madras after the battle of Arikera.
4/25/2000The Supreme Court clears the decks for continuing the trial against AIADMK leader Jayalalitha in the controversial ''TANSI land deal case'' by ''erasing'' the Madras High Court judgment discharging her from the case.
1/1/1910Rajnath Pandey, great writer and educationist, was born in Pindra, Varanasi (U.P.).
8/1/1957National Book Trust inaugurated.
5/4/1994Fourth developmental launch of ASLV. 113 kg Stretched Rohini Satellite Series (SROSS-C2) was launched by fourth developmental flight of ASLV-D4 from Sriharikota. This carried two scientific payload, a Gamma Ray Burst (GRB) experiment and a Retarding Potential Analyser (RPA). It is still in service.