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Historical Event on 12/16/1922

Parvati Devi, orator, was arrested for delivering revolutionary speeches in meetings at Hapud and Merrut. She was the first Indian women to get two years long imprisionment during the freedom struggle.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/12/1934Shantakumar Jagannath Sharma was born in Garhjamula, Distt. Kangra (Himachal Pradesh).
2/28/2000The Supreme Court orders notice to the former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Ms. Jayalalitha, on a special leave petition filed by the State Government against the Madras High Court judgment upholding the trial court's order discharging her in the ""coal import case"".
4/15/1998Punjab men and Railways women emerge champions in the National Volleyball League in Patna.
9/7/1999India rejects Pakistan demand for a East Timor type of referendum in Kashmir.
7/22/1997Govt. issues notification saying that Prasar Bharati Act, 1990 would come into force from Sept. 15.
12/27/1797Mirza Ghalib, great urdu poet and writer, was born at Agra.
12/24/1988Jaynendra Kumar, famous Hindi novelist, died.
4/26/1926Karachi Autonomous Region established in RSFSR (until 1943).
6/8/2000Bomb blasts rock churches in three states (A.P, Karnataka and Goa).
1/1/1931Gopi Chand Narang, great educationist and Urdu scholar, was born at Dukki.