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Historical Event on 10/15/1996
Kerala CM Nayanar says Governors are not necessary in states.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/7/1992 | Shalki', the first submarine designed in India, joined Indian Navy. |
| 6/23/1927 | All India Radio's broadcasting service started in 1927 by privately owned transmitter at Bombay and Calcutta. |
| 1/10/1998 | Geet Sethi retains National billiards title in Calcutta. |
| 4/21/1990 | The first indigenously built missile cruiser boat, 'Vibhuti', was inaugurated and launched. |
| 2/14/2000 | Mr. B. Rachaiah (78), former Governor of Himachal Pradesh, Kerala and Goa, died in a hospital in Bangalore. |
| 11/21/1961 | Communist China announced a cease-fire in its border war with India and said it would withdraw its troops 12 miles behind the boundary lines that existed in 1959. China said it was making the move to end the hostilities and to implement proposals it had made in October to settle the border dispute. Before the ceasefire, Chinese troops had seized the Indian headquarters at Bomdila near Tibet and were threatening the Indian state of Assam. Faced with defeat on the border and a Chinese invasion, the Indian government said it would ""respond positively"" to the Chinese offer of a ceasef |
| 4/10/1930 | Police raid the headquarters of the Indian National Congress, Bombay. |
| 1/19/1992 | Manvendra Mukherji, famous singer and music director, passed away. |
| 10/15/1996 | H.D. Deve Gowda, Prime Minister, launched the concluding ceremony of the 85th year of ICMR at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi. He also gave away the ICMR Prizes and Awards (1994-95) to outstanding bio-medical scientists of India. |
| 8/30/1983 | Indian National Satellite (INSAT-1B) launched. This was also a multi-purpose communication and meteorology satellite, which served for more than its design life of seven years. It was launched by a US Space Shuttle. |
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