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Historical Event on 9/16/1916
D. R. Samant, journalist and social reformer, was born at Ratnagiri, Maharashtra.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/4/1996 | King of Bhutan arrives in India for a three-day state visit. |
| 11/7/1996 | Cyclonic storm hits Andhra Pradesh. |
| 2/18/1996 | Kenya's first full One Day International Cricket match at Cricket World Cup vs India. Tendulkar scored 127* and India won over Kenya. |
| 9/1/1989 | Yasser Arafat chosen for the 1988 Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding. |
| 3/17/1988 | First operational Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-1A) launched by a Russian Vostok. IRS system under National Natural Resources Management System (NNRMS) coordinated at national level by the Planning Committee of NNRMS (PC-NNRMS) and the data from IRS satellites is processed by the National Remote Sensing Agency, Hyderabad. SI, a US Company, also receives and markets IRS data worldwide under a commercial contract with Antrix Corporation of the Department of Space. |
| 6/15/1899 | Roy Chowdhury Devipasad, modern Indian sculptor and painter, was born. |
| 3/9/1990 | Darbara Singh, former Punjab Chief Minister, died. |
| 3/25/1996 | 31st Gyanpith award presented to M.T. Vasudevan Nair at Trivandrum by Dr. Karan Singh. |
| 11/30/1915 | Venkat Apparao Gurjad, famous Telgu poet, died. |
| 10/4/2000 | Kashmir has been the cause of tensions between India and Pakistan and foreign interference should be stopped,'' said Russian President Vladimir Putin at the joint session of both the Houses of Parliament. |
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