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Historical Event on 7/16/1991

Railway budget hikes passenger fares by 15-20\% and freight up by 10\%.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/2/1885Balwant Pandurang Kirloskar (Annasaheb), first great Marathi musical drama playwright, died.
11/19/2000The Government announces a partial rollback in the price of kerosene by Re. 1 a litre and LPG by Rs. 10 a cylinder in deference to the demands by allies led by the Trinamool Congress.
3/1/1818Singhgad won by the Britishers after the end of Peshwa kingdom.
2/3/1977Government relaxes rules of Emergency to permit normal political activity and electioneering.
2/17/1670Shivaji won SinghGarh Fort from Mughals. This victory was on the shoulders of Tanaji who was martyred in this attack. Shivaji proclaimed ""Garh Aalaa Pan Singh Gela"" which means that Fort was won but the Lion was lost.
6/22/1898The last total Solar Eclipse of 19th century was seen in India.
4/8/1929Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt threw two bombs on the Assembly Hall.
8/1/1997Lt. Gen. Ved Prakash Malik to be next chief of Army staff. Gen. Shankar Roy Chowdhury retires on September 30.
4/16/1801Warrior Vithoji Holkar of Peshwa kingdom was assassinated.
5/12/1906Gandhiji support the ""Home Rule"" for India in the name of ''justice and for good of humanity"".