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Historical Event on 2/16/1931

Viceroy Lord Irwin meets Mahatma Gandhi for the first time.

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5/20/1965Under the leadership of Commander M. S. Kohli, Indian Trackers concurred Mount Everest. Captain A. S. Chima and Sherpa Nawang Gombu were the first to reach the summit.
1/8/1996Maharashtra government clears Enron Dhabol power project at a tariff of Rs. 1.86 per unit.
11/17/1991Sharad Pawar wins in Baramati.
1/18/1930Gurudev Rabindranath Thakur (Tagore) and Mahatma Gandhi met at Sabarmati Ashram.
3/3/1871Congress changes Indian tribes status from independent to dependent.
1/8/1908Mary Nadia Wadia (Fearless Nadia), great actress, was born.
3/20/1970Establishment of Muslim Satyashodhak Samaj.
6/7/1997Mahesh Bhupathi becomes the first Indian to win a Grand Slam title when he and Japan's Rika Hiraki claim the mixed doubles.