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Historical Event on 7/16/1969

Morarji Desai resigns from cabinet.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/13/1984Kerala Government drops Silent Valley Project and declares the entire area a national park.
4/11/1993Laxmanrao Madhav Bhide, senior freedom fighter and history expert, passed away.
4/3/1903Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay, famous politician, freedom fighter and social worker, was born in South Kanara, Karnataka.
12/21/1956The Hindu Adoption Sub-Act 1956 was accepted.
12/12/1989Air Chief Marshal (retd.) Arjan Singh named Delhi Lt. Governor.
8/20/1955Jawaharlal Nehru breaks off relations with the Portuguese after the invasion of Goa by Indian nationalists.
11/11/1998V. M. Devaraj (78), DMK leader and former MLA, passed away after a brief illness. He represented Vellore in 1980, 1984 and 1989. He was a close associate of the DMK founder, C. N. Annadurai.
12/17/1877Feroz Shah died at Makka, Saudi.
10/20/1954Surendra Vithal Nayak "Suru Nayak", cricketer (two Tests for India v England 1982), was born in Bom
3/29/1999A massive earthquake in the Garhwal region of Uttar Pradesh in the inner Himalayas claims 85 lives and more than 130 injured.