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Historical Event on 4/16/1966
Nandlal Bose, who established modern painting in Bengal, passed away.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
9/17/1938 | Dilip Purushottam Chitre, famous Marathi poet, story writer, critic and Sahitya Academy awardee, was born. |
11/19/1975 | Sushmita Sen, former Miss Universe and film actress, was born. |
11/19/1975 | Firuz Shah Tughluq(1351-88), nephew of Muhammad Tughluq, succeded as emperor of Delhi. |
9/14/1820 | Agri-Horticultural Garden of Calcutta started functioning. |
5/13/1952 | Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru again becomes the Prime Minister of India and forms a new union ministry. |
4/7/2000 | The Delhi police unearth a multicrore cricket betting and match- fixing racket involving five South African cricketers, including the captain Hansie Cronje. A Delhi-based Indian operator Rajesh Kalra put behind bars. |
10/26/1947 | After the tribal column, raping and looting along the way by Pakistani Army continued at Baramulla, 50 kilometres from Srinagar. Maharaja of Jammu & Kashmir Hari Singhji, then, signed the instrument of accession with India and the Indian Armed Forces reacted to the Pakistani Army's infiltration. Great acts of personal gallantry and collective bravery were shown in the Kashmir operations. Major Som Nath Sharma was awarded the PVC, India's highest decoration for valour, and Brigadier Usman, commanding the 50th Parachute Brigade, was awarded the MVC. Both the soldiers were awarded posthumously. |
9/15/1912 | Rusi Karanjia, journalist and publisher, was born. |
10/30/1966 | First meeting of the Shiv Sena at Shivaji Park. |
4/12/1983 | Richard Attenborough's 'Gandhi' wins 8 Oscars. |
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