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Historical Event on 4/16/1962

Third Lok Sabha constituted after the third general election in India. J. L. Nehru forms the third Congress ministry.

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1/22/1993A Patna-Lucknow-Delhi IA flight IC-810 was hijacked by a certain Satish Chandra Pandey shortly after take-off.
8/11/1984A cloud of toxic chemicals escaped from a Union Carbide plant near Charleston, West Virginia, this morning, and at least 135 residents were treated for eye, throat, and lung irritation. Last December, methyl isocyanate gas escaped from a Union Carbide plant in India, killing 2,000 people. No MIC escaped today, plant officials said. Aldicarb oxime, a much less toxic gas, is declared as one constituent of the gas cloud.
1/31/1992LTTE Supremo, V. Prabhakaran, declared offender in Rajiv Gandhi murder case and ordered to surrender by a Madras court.
1/22/1992Government raises Suzuki share in Maruti to 50 per cent making it the first public sector company to go private.
6/6/1903Hiralal Sen shot the first Indian Advertisment sequences for Jabakusum (hair tonic) and Edward's Tonic.
10/18/1983Vijay Manjrekar, cricketer 55 Tests for India, 3208 runs @ 39.12, died.
5/1/1908Praful Chaki committed suicide after he threw a bomb on Judge Kingsford of Mujaffarpur, killing two inocent women.
7/5/1658Aurangzeb arrested Murad.
9/2/1960Dr. Shankar Purushottam Adharkar, famous Botanist in India, passed away.
12/31/1988Nuclear Fuel Complex was established in Hyderabad.