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Historical Event on 5/16/1911
Pumping Station of Calcutta was commissioned at Tallah.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/31/1871 | Gangadhar Balkrishna Deshpande, freedom fighter and loyal Congress leader 'Lion of Karnataka', was born. |
| 7/31/1861 | 9,300 mm rainfall in July in Cherrapunji, Assam becomes a world record. |
| 6/2/1975 | India's First Spunge Iron project inaugurated at Vijaywada. |
| 10/28/1998 | The 1998 Swarna Jayanti Fellowship Award is presented to 11 young scientists. |
| 1/11/1998 | C. V. Gadkari, great Indian Test all-rounder 1953-55, passed away. |
| 7/8/1954 | Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of India, inaugurated world's longest Bhakra-Nangal Dam canal at Punjab. |
| 5/6/2000 | Benoy Krishna Chowdhury (89), veteran freedom fighter and prominent CPI(M) leader, died at a Government Hospital in Calcutta. |
| 10/4/1986 | Helicoptor Corporation of India established. |
| 2/12/1960 | Chinese army kills 12 Indian soldiers. |
| 11/29/1961 | First cosmonaut of the world, Yuri Gagarin of Russia, came to India. |
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