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Historical Event on 6/16/1951

Nehru opponents founded People's party at New Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/7/1990Govt. of India accepts the Mandal Commission's recommendations and decides to reserve 27\% jobs for the backward classes. Violent protests rock parts of Northern India against Mandal Commission.
6/1/1955India's Untouchability (Offence) Act comes into force.
4/9/1986First University in India devoted to hygiene established at Vijaywada.
4/18/1930Surya Sen alias Masterda attacked on Armoury of Chittagong with 62 men of the Indian Republican Army.
11/7/1990Lawrence Durrell, great Indian English and author (Mount Olive), passed away at the age of 78.
10/26/1999The Government rejected the demand that Rajiv Gandhi's name be deleted from the chargesheet in the Bofors case.
2/3/1873Prabhatkumar Mukhopadhyay, famous Bengali short story writer and novelist, was born.
7/5/1999Two buses, which were inaugurated from Dhaka, arrive in Calcutta.
4/26/1990V. R. P. Menon, an Air Force Engineer, broke the world record in Chandigargh.
6/2/1990Sri Ram Sharma Acharya passed away. (27-6-91).