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Historical Event on 2/16/1962

General Election ( 3rd) of India begins.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/29/2000Jitendra Prasada, senior Congress leader, files nomination papers for the party presidential polls setting the stage for a contest against the incumbent, Ms. Sonia Gandhi.
11/5/1976Lok Sabha votes to extend its own life by another year.
3/21/1996PSLV-D3 launched successfully.
4/8/1985India files suit against Union Carbide in New York for Bhopal gas disaster.
7/23/1903Chandra Shekhar Azad was born Today in 1903
2/12/1997Parkash Singh Badal, President, Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal), sworn in as the Chief Minister of Punjab for third time.
2/2/1956The president inaugurated the Bhoodan padyatra led by Dr. Sushila Nayar.
7/1/1985Air Chief Marshal L M Katre, PVSM, AVSM and Bar, died in office.
2/1/1922Gandhiji gives notice to the Viceroy Lord Reading during Bardoli movement to inform him that he was intensifying his action and non-cooperation was to be escalated to Civil Disobedience.
5/13/1998India carries out two more nuclear tests at Pokharan in Rajasthan.