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Historical Event on 6/16/1946

C. Rajagopalchari became the Governor of West Bengal (1947) in Interim Government.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/31/1658Aurangzeb appoints himself Mongol emperor.
5/2/1992President J.B.Patnaik, former Orissa CM and PCC (I), arrested on corruption charges.
11/16/1995The Pension scheme ordinance for 18 million Provident Fund subscribers takes effect with an initial corpus of Rs. 85.00 billion.
6/19/1999The ''people's bus'' from Calcutta rolls into Dhaka and is formally received by the Prime Minister and his Bangladesh counterpart.
6/25/1975President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed signed the declaration of Emergency Rule in India. Prime Minister Indira Gandhi implemented the same very next day.
5/1/1998The Konkan Railway running for 760-km is dedicated to the nation by Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. This was an extention from Ratnagiri.
6/18/1993Advani takes over as party President.
5/27/1964Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, first Prime Minister and architect of modern India, passed away at the age of 74.
6/30/1968Makhanlal Chaturvedi, famous journalist and litterateur, passed away.
1/15/1996Victoria Terminus (VT) station in Mumbai renamed Chhatrapati Shivaji Railway Terminus by the Centre.