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Historical Event on 9/16/1955

Leopold C. M. S. Amery, British minister of Colonies (India), died at the age of 81.

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1/31/1997Government raises quantity of gold that can be brought into the country by non-residents to 10 kg. (from the existing 5).
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6/18/2000K.M. Beenamol breaks P.T. Usha's record in 400m at 51.21 sec in an international meet at Kiev in Ukraine.
10/1/1991India takes over the presidency of Security Council with Ambassador G.R. Gharekhan in the chair.
10/13/1991Shatrughan Sinha, film star, decides to contest New Delhi Lok Sabha seat on a BJP ticket against Rajesh Khanna, the Congress nominee.
5/29/1968Dara Singh becomes the world wrestling champion.
8/5/1981Jagjivan Ram heads breakaway Congress(U) and calls new party Congress (J).
8/13/1943Chintamanrao Deshmukh was first Indian to be appointed Governor of Reserve Bank.
4/6/1998The Sonia Gandhi era begins in the Congress(I) with a special AICC session ratifying the decision of the CWC appointing her president in place of Sitaram Kesri.
1/1/1980This decade was announced to be observed as the ""International Decade of Water & Sanitation"".