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Historical Event on 7/16/1996
Supreme Court says dowry demand even during marriage talks is an offence.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/26/1891 | Padmabhushan Vaikunthbhai Mehta, famous Gandhian leader, was born. |
| 5/1/1948 | Baroda State merged into Bombay Province. |
| 11/25/1998 | Nitish Kumar, Railway Minister, lays the foundation stone for the Chengalpattu-Arakkonam gauge conversion in Kancheepuram. The Kanchi Shankaracharyas stay away from the function following a controversy triggered over the invitation extended to them by the Railways. |
| 12/15/1803 | East India Company captured Orrisa state. |
| 5/18/1972 | Kokan Krishi (Agriculture) University was established. |
| 11/29/1961 | First cosmonaut of the world, Yuri Gagarin of Russia, came to India. |
| 3/22/1915 | Dr. Nagendra, famous hindi critic, was born. |
| 9/10/1924 | K.T. Gopalkrishnan, famous Hindi writer, was born at Azhicode. |
| 12/1/1993 | World AIDS day. |
| 11/24/1932 | The Third Round Table Conference ended in London. As Gandhi was in prison because of his civil disobedience movement he could not attend it. This conference ended without achieving anything. |
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