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Historical Event on 10/16/1906

Shankar Damodar Chitale, famous author and teacher, was born in Secundarabad.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/16/1945Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) established.
12/5/1935Bipinchandra Joshi, chief of Indian Army general, was born.
9/24/1922Jugal Mondal, social worker and politician, was born at Howrah.
3/4/1994Lech Walesa, Polish President, visit India.
2/16/1896Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala', great Hindi poet, litterateur, writer, social worker and editor, was born.
3/15/1996Kashmiri militants and Central govt. hold talks on ending violence and to initiate the democratic process in J&K.
9/17/1954India outlaws bigamy.
5/1/1886May Day was first observed in Chicago, USA. Work, Social activities, Rest, for 8 Hours.
9/4/1987Roop Kanwar, an 18-year-old girl, commits Sati (burning herself in her husband's funeral pyre) in Deorala in Rajasthan.
11/3/1999Dr. M. S. Swaminathan, well-known agricultural scientist, is selected for the UNESCO Gandhi gold medal.