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Historical Event on 2/16/1927

Rail service started between India and Nepal.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/17/1974J.P. Narain leads an agitation for dissolution of the Bihar Assembly.
2/8/1986Sister Alphonsa was beatified by his Holiness Pope John-ll at Kottayam. She was the first woman from India to be raised to this honour. (19-7-96).
11/14/1995National Human Rights Commission's conference on 'Human Rights in Prisons' begins in New Delhi.
1/12/1918C. Ramchandra (Chitalkar), famous film music director, was born.
5/12/1992Ms. Santosh Yadav (Indo-Tibetan Border Police) becomes the second Indian woman to set foot atop Mt. Everest.
8/16/1974A.Shankar was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 31st March 1977.
8/10/1963The Kamraj Plan.
5/13/1967Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888-1975) retired from the post of second President.
10/29/1999The Anubhav Group chairman C. Natesan was arrested by the Mumbai Police on alleged charges of duping investors to the tune of Rs. 1.16 crore.
3/20/2000Unidentified militants gun down 35 Sikhs in the south Kashmir village of Chatti Singhpora in one of the worst incidents of violence in the State.