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Historical Event on 2/16/1927

Rail service started between India and Nepal.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/10/1927Ganga Ram, great social reformer and founder of Ganga Ram Hospital in New Delhi, died in England while functioning as an active member of the Royal Commission on Agriculture. He was against dowry and child marriages and advocated widow re-marriage and also established institutions for vocational education and education for adults.
5/25/1979Commercial Unity Day started.
7/23/1898Tarashankar Bandopadhyay, well known Bangla novelist, was born.
7/23/1898Babur Shah, Mughal Emperior, defeated Afghan Nawab Nasrat Shah, king of Bengal, on the banks of the Gand and the Ghaghra river.
12/24/1894The first medical conference was held in Calcutta.
10/2/1969Gandhi's birth centenary celebrated all over the country.
12/30/1947India informs Pakistan and other dominion representatives that it has decided to refer the Kashmir issue to the Security Council under Article 35 of the United Nations Charter.
5/28/1966B. S. Chawla was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 21-02-1973.
11/9/1990JD expels Gujarat CM Chimanbhai Patel and UP CM Mulayam Singh Yadav from Legislative wings and primary membership of the party.
6/4/1953University of Cambridge confers honorary Doctorate of Laws on J. L. Nehru.