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Historical Event on 2/16/1962

General Election ( 3rd) of India begins.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/5/1671Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj captured the 'Salher' fort from Mughals.
10/29/1997P. Chidambaram, Finance Minister, says Indian rupee will be made fully and freely convertible by year 2000.
6/10/1946Gandhiji refused to enthuse over allied victory as it was not a ""victory of truth over false-hood"".
12/10/1886Rameshwari Nehru, social worker and freedom fighter, was born at Lahore.
8/15/1942Mahadev Haribhai Desai, an activist and Mahatma Gandhi's personal secretary, died of heart failure at Aga Khan's Palace.
1/18/2000S. S. Dawra is appointed new Director of the Enforcement Directorate.
5/20/1878Bahameni Sultan Dawood Shah was assassinated.
5/21/1998India declares a moratorium on nuclear testing.
1/18/1994India hires the law firm McAuliffe, Kelly and Rafaelli for lobbying in Washington.
11/29/1916Vasant Shridhar Vaidya, great industrialist, was born at Phaltan.