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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 |
| 11/20/1946 | Gandhiji starts tour without party. |
| 2/21/1997 | J. M. Lyngdoh appointed Election Commissioner. |
| 2/21/1997 | Sultan Ghiyasu'd-din Tughluq Shah, emperor of Delhi, passed away. |
| 7/3/1863 | Little Crow, [Ta-oya-te-duta], santee Sioux Indian chief, passed away. |
| 2/1/1894 | Chitravshastri, Marathi dictionary creator, was born. |
| 12/19/1945 | Gandhiji lays foundation stone of C. F. Andrews' Memorial Hospital at Santiniketan. |
| 3/21/1977 | Internal Emergency, promulgated on June 25, 1975, withdrawn by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. |
| 4/14/1907 | P. C. Joshi, famous Leftist leader and thinker, was born. |
| 10/16/1905 | Bengal was partitioned by Lord Curzon on the pretext of it being too big to administer. Instead of dividing it on the basis of non-Bengali areas, the division was on the basis of Hindus and Muslims. Britishers thought that would succeed in increasing Hindu - Muslim tensions. The tremor of partition was felt throughout India and was regarded as an insult and challenge to Indian Nationalism. A movement was launched by the moderates. New method of protests 'Swadeshi and Swaraj' became the slogan of the common man and the whole of India was drawn into the national movement. |
| 5/13/1918 | Balasarswati, famous dancer of Bharat Natyam, was born. |
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