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Historical Event on 7/16/1981

India performs nuclear Test.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/21/1995L.K.Advani unanimously re-elected BJP president for the fourth time in New Delhi.
8/29/1612Battle at Surat in India; English fleet beats Portuguese.
6/22/1897The Chafekar brothers, Damodar and Balkrishna, shot British Officer Rand in Pune. This event played a very important role in the revolutionary freedom fighter.
3/10/2000Nirmal Verma, distinguished Hindi writer, and eminent Punjabi novelist Gurchal Singh selected jointly for the 35th Jnanpith Award for 1999.
3/7/1996Union Cabinet clears decks for extending benefits of reservation to Dalit Christians.
5/29/1952The Socialist Party and Krishak Mazdoor Praja Party decide to form a single parliamentary party.
4/12/1621Guru Teg Bahadur Singh, Sikh Guru, was born.
4/14/1907P. C. Joshi, famous Leftist leader and thinker, was born.
1/26/1957Shivlal Nandlal Yadav, cricketer (Indian off-spinner 102 Test wickets 1979-87), was born in Hyderabad.
6/24/1996Nanchil K. Manoharan, former DMK Finance Minister, expelled from the party.