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Historical Event on 8/16/1932

Britain instituted new electoral plan for India: to allow limited untouchables and giving them separate representation.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/16/1932Chandbibi made treaty with Murad and gave 'Varhad' area to Mughals.
9/21/1862Venkat Apparao Gurjad, famous Telegu poet, playwright, story writer, critic and social reformer, was born.
5/14/1999Gurucharan Singh Tohra is expelled from Shiromani Akali Dal.
6/21/1930Five hundred were hurt as police charged Bombay mob.
2/1/1942No.1 Squadron arrived in Burma with its Lysanders, flying tactical recce missions from Toungoo before transferring to Mingaladon with a flight deployed at Lashio.
6/8/1997Prafulla Kumar Mahanta, Assam Chief Minister, has a narrow escape as a powerful remote-controlled bomb exploded in Maligaon area of Guwahati.
5/4/1932Many are arrested as Congress agents picket Bombay post offices in celebration of Gandhi Day.
12/3/1991An all-party delegation from Tamil Nadu led by CM Jayalalita urges the PM to gazette the interim award on Cauvery.
10/28/1998The 1998 Swarna Jayanti Fellowship Award is presented to 11 young scientists.
9/28/1837Bahadur Shah-II ascended the throne and became the emperor of Delhi at the age of 62 following the death of his father Akbar Shah-II.