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Historical Event on 12/16/1921
Calcutta Electric Supply Corporation started tunnel construction under Hoogly river.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/23/1954 | Tito, Nehru reject plan for neutral third bloc, yet insist on peaceful co-existence. |
| 1/27/1926 | Arunkumar Vaidya, former General of Indian Army, was born. |
| 12/25/1972 | Chakravarti Rajagopalachari, great revolutionary freedom fighter, social worker, eminent litterateur, first Indian Governor General and the founder President of Swatantra Party, passed away. |
| 4/4/1971 | Pakistan reports seizure of nine Indian army vehicles. |
| 2/4/1990 | Ernakulam was declared the first totally literate district in India. |
| 9/1/1998 | Leaded petrol is banned in Delhi. |
| 1/12/1953 | Patel Chest Institute opened by Rajkumari Amrit Kaur. All India Khadi Board constituted with centre at Bombay. |
| 3/29/1999 | A massive earthquake in the Garhwal region of Uttar Pradesh in the inner Himalayas claims 85 lives and more than 130 injured. |
| 8/11/1922 | Manmohan Krishna, famous actor, was born. |
| 6/6/1981 | The worst-ever railway accident took place in Bihar when a train plunged in Samastipur river. |
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