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Historical Event on 1/15/1996

Victoria Terminus (VT) station in Mumbai renamed Chhatrapati Shivaji Railway Terminus by the Centre.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/8/1897Dr. Zakir Hussain, third President of India and Educationist, was born in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh.
4/10/1999Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai (87), patriarch of Malayalam fiction, died at his ancestral village at Sankaramangalam in Thakazhi village.
5/31/1818Samachar Darpan, the first vernacular newspaper, was published in Bengali language by Carey and Marshman from Serampore.
3/26/1931New Delhi replaces Calcutta as capital of British-Indies.
6/24/1990Defence scientists successfully test fired country's first third generation anti-tank missile 'NAG'.
11/6/1997Supreme Court acquits former Union Minister for Power and Food Kalpanath Rai held under TADA for alleged harbouring of an accused in ""1992 Bombay J.J. Hospital shootout case'
9/29/1996Water from Krishna river (AP) released for Madras.
11/30/1982World premier of Sir Richard Attenborough's 'Gandhi' held in New Delhi.
10/18/1928Roshan Harshadlal "Deepak" Shodhan, cricketer (century on Test debut for India), was born in Ahmedabad.
12/13/1999Dr. V. Kurien gets the Paulos Mar Gregorius Award 1999.