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Historical Event on 5/16/1911

Pumping Station of Calcutta was commissioned at Tallah.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/19/1997A Delhi court rules that interviewing of the child and parents by school authorities, for admission to primary classes, is illegal and improper.
3/31/1959Dalai Lama fled China & was granted political asylum in India.
7/17/1992Lok Sabha rejects no-trust motion.
8/23/1933Mahatma Gandhi was released from government detention in the Poona Civil Hospital after doctors warned that his fast was endangering his life. Gandhi, who undertook the fast eight days ago in protest over being arrested again by British authorities, weighed 90 pounds at the time of his release. There was considerable speculation over what the nationalist leader would do upon regaining his strength, but the common assumption was that he would be arrested again by the British authorities if he resumed his civil disobedience.
5/21/1975The 26-mile feeder canal from Farakka to the Bhagirathi river dedicated to the nation.
11/15/199237 die in a landslide at Meghamalai near Chinnamanur.
1/8/1992Luggage rate of railway passengers hiked by 30 per cent.
8/15/1921Amrit Rai, novelist and translater, was born .
4/6/1919Mahatma Gandhi declared an All India Strike against the Rollatt Act .This was the first strike.
5/27/1952United Nationalist Party and the Indian Democratic Party combined to form one opposition party - National Democratic Party with Dr. S. P. Mukherjee as leader.