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Historical Event on 10/16/1994

IRS P-2 successfully placed in orbit.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/1/1996P. Shiv Shanker, Kerala Governor, resigns in view of the ongoing CBI investigation against him in the hawala case.
10/26/1886Godavarish Mishra, famous Orria poet, playwright and patriot, was born.
11/5/1945Case was filed against the Azad Hind Army Soldiers at Red Fort in Delhi.
7/21/1988Indian National Satellite (INSAT-1C) launched. This is operational multi-purpose communication and meteorology satellite. It served for only one and a half years. It was launched by European Ariane launch vehicle Ariane-3.
4/27/1996First phase of election for 11th Lok Sabha, and assembly election in 6 states.
7/9/1746French sailor's fleet reached at the bank of Pondichery in India.
2/5/1924Gandhiji was released after operated on for appendicitis in Sassoon Hospital, Poona.
5/31/1977Major Premchand and Naik Nima Dorji Sherpa, in the team on Indian Army Treckers, reached the peak of Kanchenjunga. They were amongst the first Indians to reach this peak.
3/22/1977Ayillyath Kuttiari Goplan, freedom fighter, social reformer and Marxist leader, passed away in Trivandrum.
1/3/1987Arvind Deshpande, famous actor, died.