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Historical Event on 7/16/1959

Suhridkumar Roy, famous geologist, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/15/1949General K. N. Kariappa became the first Indian Commander-in-Chief. He was the first Indian to reach to this post in Indian Army. In 1956, he was designated as Chief of the Army Staff - General, later Field Marshal. This event is commemoratively observed as Army Day.
7/5/1993Air Marshal Swarup Krishna Kaul appointed Chief of Air Staff.
9/13/1997Grieving India lays to rest Mother Teresa in state funeral in Calcutta in which pomp and splendour is combined with religious rites.
4/19/1976Indira Gandhi proposes a resumption of ties with Pakistan in New Delhi.
1/2/1948Nehru threatens Indian action to stop Pakistani raids into Kashmir.
9/2/1984Thousands of Sikhs rally at Golden Temple to protest govt. occupation in Amritsar.
11/5/1605Accession of Jahangir
11/22/1773Robert Clive, English occupier (India), passed away at the age of 48.
5/28/1978The kiss comes to the Hindi screen in 'Love Sublime,' and is seen as a sign of what the govt. calls greater 'creative freedom,' after Indira Gandhi's authoritarian rule at Bombay.
5/28/1978Akbar left for Agra when he received the report of widespread rebellion. He arrived in Ahmedabad by forced marches on the eleventh day.