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Historical Event on 11/16/1995

The Pension scheme ordinance for 18 million Provident Fund subscribers takes effect with an initial corpus of Rs. 85.00 billion.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/4/1989Hardeo Joshi replaces Shiv Charan Mathur as CM of Rajasthan.
1/4/1958Waverley John Anderson, Scottish viscount and Governor of Bengal, died at the age of 75.
4/13/1982Pandit Parmanand, founder member of `Gather Party', passed away.
4/3/1984Sikh terrorists kill a member of Parliament in his home in New Delhi.
9/22/1687Aurangzeb ended Kutubshah kingdom.
4/8/1894Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, famous novelist and writer of national song 'Vande Mataram', died at the age of 55. Some of his writings are 'Anandmath' and 'Kapal Kundala'.
1/18/1950India is declared a secular republic. Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru (1947-1964) is determined to abolish casteism and industrialize the nation. Constitution makes Hindi official national language, English to continue for 15 years, 14 major state languages are recognized. India also moved a motion for no war treaty between India and Pakistan to improve the relations with neighboring countries.
1/2/1973General S. H. F. J. Manekshaw appointed as Field Marshall.
4/17/1799Srirangapatnam was surrounded by British Army in the fourth and last Mysore war which began in 1798. Tipu Sultan' was killed in the battle on 4th May. The East India Company announced the Seringapatanam Medal (1799).
6/12/1952J&K Assembly decided to terminate hereditary monarchy.