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Historical Event on 4/16/1903

Kalka-Simla Railway line section was opened for public conveyance.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/21/1992Manohar J.Pherwani, 58, Chairman of the National Housing Bank, died.
5/21/1992Saint Eknath, bhagwatbhakt, passed away.
8/7/1988N. T. Ramarao elected chairman and V.P. Singh the convenor of the National Front.
6/19/1995India and US officially launch Indo-US Commercial Alliance during US Trade Secretary's visit.
12/24/1932The third and last Round Table conference on India ends. It was was held in London.
4/10/1996The marketing of Salman Rushdie's novel 'The Moor's Last Sigh' in India was cleared by the Central govt.
3/12/1996Last session of the 10th Lok Sabha ends.
12/14/1955Henry Heras, famous artist and an active member of the Indian Historical Records Commission, died in Bombay.
11/15/2000India cancels cricket series with Pakistan in January next on account of Islamabad's ''hostile propaganda''.
5/28/1968Bhagwan Gopinathji Bhan, was a mystic saint of early 20th century Kashmir in India. He has been called a ""jivanmukta"" (liberated soul) or ""Aghoreshwar"" and his spiritual state has been described as ""Shambhavi Avastha"" (state of Shiva), died. He was a great devotee of Shiva and Shakti and took intense "Sadhana". His disciples and devotees set up an ashram at Kharyar in Srinagar in his name.