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Historical Event on 03/16/1556

Amarsingh, Rajput king of Mewar, was born.

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9/24/1932Preetilata Waddedara, the first armed woman revolutionary, was hanged for ""Chatgaon Ammunitions Plot"".
2/7/1931Shila Kaul, the chief minister of New Delhi, was born.
2/2/1982Mohanlal Purushottamdas Sukhadia, Chief Minister of Rajasthan, freedom fighter, passed away. He was the Chief Minister of Rajasthan from 1954-1971. He introduced Panchayati Raj in Rajasthan and worked for its industrialisation also.
12/11/1876Raobahadur Yeshwantrao Harishchandra Desai, famous architect, was born.
1/7/1858The hearing of the case began that was filed against the last Mughal Emperor Bahadhur Shah II for taking part in the first armed revolution against the British.
8/28/1879Battle at Ulundi, Lord Chelmsford beats king Cetshwayo's Zuluz.
6/7/1974Mahesh Bhupathi, Tennis star, was born. He is the winner of French Open 1997 (mixed doubles) and 1999 (doubles) and Wimbledon 1999.
2/18/1911Captain Vasudev Belwalkar, who had also written the novels on history and war, was born.
7/3/1985Air Chief Marshal D A La Fontaine PVSM, AVSM, VM., became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 31/July/1988.
8/13/1943Chintamanrao Deshmukh was first Indian to be appointed Governor of Reserve Bank.