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Historical Event on 1/15/1996

Restoration of the original name of the city as ""Mumbai"" for Bombay Vide Maharashtra Act No, XXV of 1996.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/4/1947Gandhiji breaks fast.
10/9/1931Air Force was established.
6/27/1998Homi J. H. Taleyarkhan, Gandhian, Congressman and former Sikkim Governor, dies at 86.
8/17/1998The Government issues a notification banning the use of quinacrine, a controversial female contraceptive and sterilization agent.
2/21/1991The President accepts the resignation of 5 cabinet members who were disqualified by the Speaker as per the anti-defection law.
4/21/1995Medium range 'Akash', surface-to-air-missile, flight trial successful.
3/1/2000P.Harikrishna becomes India's youngest International Master in the Sangli International chess tournament.
1/15/1997Pakistan's pilotless surveillance aircraft intrudes into Indian air space for the first time.
3/11/1881Ashley Eden unveiled in Calcutta Town Hall the first statue of Indians Ram Nath Tagore and Dwarkanath Tagore.
8/8/1967Central government, for the first time since independence, suffered a token defeat in the Lok Sabha.