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Historical Event on 3/16/1977

Sixth General Election of India begins.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/18/1712Jeremias Van Riemsdijk, Governor General of Dutch Indies (1775-77), was born.
10/4/1953India elected to the UN Trusteeship Council.
2/1/1968United Nation's Conference on Trade and Development opens in New Delhi.
3/1/1951NitishKumar RamLakhanSingh was born in Bakhtiarpur, Distt. Patna (Bihar).
9/21/1948Formation of Press Trust of India (PTI) announced under an agreement signed between Reuters and Indian and Eastern Newspapers Society.
10/16/1997Queen Elizabeth visits Kalakshetra where she witnesses Bharatanatyam show and film shooting at MGR Film City, Taramani in Chennai. She also goes to Kancheepuram and Sriperumbudur (Rajiv Gandhi memorial).
6/17/1917Krishan Kumar Chopra, medical practitioner and social worker, was born at Lahore.
1/31/1949Maharajas of Baroda and Kolhapur decide to merge their states with Bombay.
9/13/1928Shridhar Pathak, prominent Hindi writer, passed away.
11/24/1899Pandit Hiralal Shastri, great social worker, leader and first chief minister of Rajasthan state, was born at Jobner, Jaipur District.