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Historical Event on 1/16/1901
Mahadeo Govind Ranade, eminent social worker and thinker, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/3/1977 | Government relaxes rules of Emergency to permit normal political activity and electioneering. |
| 3/14/1995 | Chandragupta Chaudhary 'Comred ', senior leader of Bhartiya Communist Party, passed away. |
| 9/3/1906 | Prithviraj Kapoor, veteran film actor, was born in Peshawar. His first film was 'Challenge' (1929). He is the founder of Prithvi Theatre in Bombay. He is remembered for his immortal role of Akbar is film 'Mugul-E-Azam'. |
| 2/13/1922 | The Indian National Congress suspends its civil disobedience campaign in the face of mounting violence. |
| 4/8/1985 | India files suit against Union Carbide in New York for Bhopal gas disaster. |
| 2/22/1990 | 1st day India vs New Zealand cricket at Auckland. NZ 5-78 at lunch, 9-387 stumps. |
| 11/19/1998 | A. B. Vajpayee approves formation of the National Security Council, a new high-power hub, to give policy directions to safeguard the country's security. |
| 3/22/1977 | Ayillyath Kuttiari Goplan, freedom fighter, social reformer and Marxist leader, passed away in Trivandrum. |
| 7/21/1984 | Terrorists breach Bhakra canal in Punjab. |
| 7/21/1984 | Queen Elizabeth I granted its Royal Charter to the 218 Knights and merchants of the City of London who formed the East India Company. The venture failed to achieve its stated objectives -- it made little impression on the Dutch control of the spice trade and could not establish a lasting outpost in the East Indies. |
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