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Historical Event on 4/16/1992

The PM gives a new slogan to the nation, 'Desh banao, desh bachao'.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/18/1996President confers gallantry awards on 65 personnel of the defence forces.
9/1/1947Indian Standard Time was adopted.
2/7/1922Britain threatens crackdown in India to combat Gandhi's civil disobedience campaign.
8/20/1991Sivarasan and Subha, the main suspects in Rajiv Gandhi case, commit suicide in Bangalore.
1/15/1919Ahmed Mohammad Mamsa, cricket Test Umpire for 6 tests from 1963-73, was born at Mumbai.
1/1/1995N.D.Tiwari steps down as president of UP Congress committee.
2/11/1993Kamal Amrohi, famous film producer, director and writer, died at the age of 76 years. He is famous for his Hindi films such as Mahal (1949), Pakeezah (1972) and Razia Sultan (1983). He also established Kamal Pictures (Mahal Films) in 1953 and Kamalistan Studio in Bombay in 1958.
4/10/1982Indian National Satellite (INSAT-1A) launched. First operational multi-purpose communication and meteorology satellite procured from U.S.A.(Cape Canaveral).
11/20/1993RBI clears two more private banks: The Times Bank Ltd. and the Indus Ind Bank Ltd.
2/5/1924Gandhiji was released after operated on for appendicitis in Sassoon Hospital, Poona.