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Historical Event on 5/16/1975

Sikkim annexed principality and was declared as the 22nd state of Indian Union.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/1/1948India raised voice against Pakistani infilatration in the country. A complaint was lodged in the Security Council of United Nation on Kashmir invasion.
3/11/1971Indira Gandhi wins majority in Parliament.
6/13/1943Netaji Subhashchandra Bose started his journey from Germany to Tokyo by a submarine.
5/21/1835Biharilal Chakravorty, Bengali poet, was born.
11/15/1817Battle of Yerwada.
2/13/1969Subroto Tara Banerjee, cricketer (Indian quickie & Dennis Lillee protegee), was born in Patna.
9/12/1899T. N. Swaminathan Pillai, master of Karnataka Classical Music, was born.
10/16/1997Queen Elizabeth visits Kalakshetra where she witnesses Bharatanatyam show and film shooting at MGR Film City, Taramani in Chennai. She also goes to Kancheepuram and Sriperumbudur (Rajiv Gandhi memorial).
11/25/1998Nitish Kumar, Railway Minister, lays the foundation stone for the Chengalpattu-Arakkonam gauge conversion in Kancheepuram. The Kanchi Shankaracharyas stay away from the function following a controversy triggered over the invitation extended to them by the Railways.
1/21/1994India and Myanmar decide to open border trade.