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Historical Event on 1/15/1996
Restoration of the original name of the city as ""Mumbai"" for Bombay Vide Maharashtra Act No, XXV of 1996.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/18/1969 | Humayun Kabir, great politician, died. |
| 9/28/1991 | Shankar Guha Niyogi, an active trade union leader of Madhya Pradesh, was shot dead by unknown assailants. |
| 1/16/1941 | Ashok Vajpai, veteran critic and Hindi poet, was born. |
| 7/18/1993 | Girilal Jain, 71, The Times of India editor, died. |
| 12/23/1954 | Judge Bijan Kumar Mukherjea became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 31/01/1956. |
| 1/22/1666 | Shahjahan (Sjihab Al-Din Sultan C Shah D Jahan), great Mughal emperor, died at the Agra fort as a prisoner, to rest besides Mumtaz in Taj Mahal. Jahanara arranged that Sahjahan be laid. |
| 8/14/1987 | A soldier in a guard of honor attacks Indian Prime Minister Gandhi with his rifle butt at Sri Lanka. |
| 1/4/1937 | R. Surendranath, cricketer (Indian pace bowler in 11 Tests early 60s), was born in Meerut. |
| 2/18/1974 | Daniel Moynihan, US ambassador to India, presents $2,046,700,000 cheque. |
| 5/4/1998 | India is placed on the US Special 309 watch list. |
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