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Historical Event on 5/16/1960

International Telex Service between India and U.K. started.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/1/1995The Airports Authority of India (AAI) formed by the merger of IAAI and NAA. AAI manages five international airports, 87 domestic airports and 28 civil enclaves.
7/15/1992Lucknow High Court stays any construction activity near the disputed temple in Ayodhya.
10/3/1992Geet Sethi beats holder Mike Russel of Britain (2529-718) to become the first Indian to win the World Professional Billiards championship in Bombay.
12/17/1970Judge Jayantilal Chhotalal Shah became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 21/01/1971.
2/25/1938Farokh Manekshaw Engineer, great Indian cricket wicket-keeper (1961-75), was born in Bombay.
12/1/1974Sucheta Kriplani, former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, passed away.
1/16/1901Mahadeo Govind Ranade, eminent social worker and thinker, passed away.
3/2/1997Bangalore's Dr. B. V. Ravi Kumar develops India's first indigenously made HIV detection kit.
3/7/1994India and Iran sign three MoU in Tehran.
11/8/1893Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu, great musician and professor, was born in Bangalore.