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Historical Event on 11/16/1962

Chinese troops launch a major offensive in the frontier war.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/4/1947Dharmanand Damodar Kosambi, internationally famous Pandit of Buddhism, passed away.
2/10/1995PM appoints Madhavrao Scindia as Human Resource Minister, Pranab Mukherjee as External Minister, Buta Singh as Civil Supplies, Ajit Singh as Food, and P. Chidambaram as Commerce Minister.
6/1/1993Burkino Faso President Blaise Campaore visits India.
6/6/1903Hiralal Sen shot the first Indian Advertisment sequences for Jabakusum (hair tonic) and Edward's Tonic.
11/20/1930With all the pageantry of the British Empire, a conference of Indian and British leaders had been convened in London to discuss dominion status for India. Surrounded by Maharajahs in turbans, King George V convened the round table conference in the Royal Gallery of the House of Lords. Notably absent was Mahatma Gandhi, leader of the nationalist movement. The conference saw a breakdown of the Indian caste system as Brahmins dealt with spokesmen for ""untouchable
2/19/1993SC Jamir elected leader of the Congress (I) Legislature Party in Nagaland.
3/10/2000Nitish Kumar, Bihar Chief Minister, submits his resignation without putting his motion of seeking a trust vote to test in the assembly. The RJD leader Rabri Devi meets the Governor and stakes claim to form the Government.
8/13/1951Acharya Kishoridas Vajpayee passed away.
4/13/1948Bhuvaneshwar became the capital of Orissa.
10/12/1961Sureshchandra Banerjee, great politician, died.