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Historical Event on 7/16/1999

17 are killed and over 200 injured when the Delhi bound GT Express collides with derailed wagons of a goods train near Mathura.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/8/1949India concludes a treaty with Bhutan.
2/7/1795Dutch Prince William V accepts British occupation of Dutch Indies.
11/8/2000India wins the men's team title in the World Carrom championship in New Delhi.
1/8/1965Star of India', world's largest sapphire, returned to American Museum of Natural History.
7/2/1972Shimla Treaty' was singed between Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and her Pakistani counterpart Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.
12/31/1988Nuclear Fuel Complex was established in Hyderabad.
4/15/1997Interest rate on domestic term deposits brought down from 10 to nine per cent by RBI.
4/15/1997Admiral Dom Vasco-da-Gama (c.1469-1524)-I, Portuguese navigator, arrived in India. He sailed around the Cape of Good Hope to Calicut, Kerala with three vessels and was the first Westerner to sail to India from Europe.
7/7/1917Ram Subhagsingh, great politician and former Rail Minister, was born.
10/14/1989Election Commission accepted Shiv Sena as a political party.