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Historical Event on 1/15/1996

Restoration of the original name of the city as ""Mumbai"" for Bombay Vide Maharashtra Act No, XXV of 1996.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/2/1932Sant Harchand Singh Longowal, famous Ragi and reluctant politician, was born in Sangrur's backward Gadarhiani village.
10/27/1999Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) in Madhya Pradesh splits.
2/1/1964Unit Trust of India' established.
1/29/1998Suicide by more than 50 farmers reported in the Telangana region in the past few days.
6/1/1904Four Language panel were used for Rangoon. This panel had languages namely Burmese, Urdu, Tamil and Chinese.
6/18/1991Congress emerges as the largest party in Lok Sabha polls though short of an absolute majority.
12/16/1999Likhiram Karve, Madhya Pradesh's Minister for Transport, is hacked to death by naxalites.
11/10/1968Tukdoji Maharaj, modern social reformer, saint and poet, died in his ashram at Mozri in district Amravati.
3/16/1912Gandhiji commends Gokhale's attempts for abolition of indenture system.
6/6/1922Gopalan Morappakam Joysam, cricketer, was born at Maduranthakan, in Tamil Nadu. He received the Padmashree in 1964.