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Historical Event on 7/16/1981

India performs nuclear Test.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/19/1997Malaysian PM Mahathir Mohamad arrives in India on a 4-day visit.
6/22/1948Emperor of India title was deleted from His Majesty the King of United Kingdom's titles.
9/15/1947Gandhi deplores the idea of population transfer.
3/17/1905Narsinghcharya Purohit Tirunarayan Iyyangar, famous Kannad poet, music director and critic, was born.
5/6/1971D. Sen became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 29/03/77).
5/6/1971Muiz ud din Qaiqabad, was the tenth sultan of the Mamluk dynasty (Slave dynasty), was killed in his bed. He was proved to be an inefficient ruler.
1/26/1981Sandeep Patil scores memorable 174 vs Australia at Adelaide Oval.
1/23/1915Kamal Nayan Bajaj, famous industrialist, was born.
10/12/1995Inderjit Gupta re-elected General Secretary of CPI.
8/18/1896Raghupati Sahay ""Firaq Gorakhpuri"", revolutionary Urdu poet, was born. He was honoured with the highest literary awards, including the Sahitya Academy Award in 1960 and Bharatiya Gyanpeeth Award in 1969. His notable works include ""Ruh-e-Kayenaat (Spirit of Universe, 1945)"" and ""Ramz-O-Kinayaat (Suggestion, 1946)"".