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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
8/12/1897Major Gegeral Himmat Singh, Governor of Himachal Pradesh and Duputy Defence Minister, was born.
4/8/1919Gandhiji arrested on way to Delhi for refusal to comply with order not to enter Punjab; escorted back to Bombay; outbreaks of violence in several towns.
12/30/1946Jawaharlal Nehru calls on Gandhiji, who says, ""My reason wholly supports my heart"".
12/10/1905Robert Koch received the Nobel Prize for Medicine for his work on Tuberculosis.
2/18/1994India rejects OIC offer to mediate on Kashmir.
2/17/1992Tripura's Congress (I) ministry falls as TUJS withdraws support.
8/20/1974Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed elected President of India with B. D. Jatti as Vice President.
3/28/1991IAF men die in an air crash in Bangalore.
2/17/1968Dr. Kailas Nath Katju, freedom fighter, politician, leader, Governor of Orissa and West Bengal, passed away.
2/3/1954Over 350 Hindus trampled to death in a stampede at religious rites at New Delhi.