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Historical Event on 9/16/1931
Political prisoners Tarkeshwar Dutta and Santosh Mitra were shot by an officer at Hijli detention camp near Kharagpur. They were arrested for attending the Hijli meeting.
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| 2/1/1964 | Judge Pralhad Balacharya Gajendragadkar became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 15.03.1966. |
| 1/29/1870 | 'Hicleche Bengal Gazette' newspaper published in India. |
| 12/8/1857 | Mohsini from Delhi was hanged in jail. |
| 6/13/1909 | E. M. S. Namboodiripad was born in Palghat in Kerala. |
| 12/15/1957 | 60 Harijans enter the Vishwanath Temple at Varanasi. |
| 2/25/1927 | Balkrishna Buwa Echalkaranjikar, father of `Khyal Gayaki', passed away. |
| 8/25/1965 | Sanjeev Kumar Sharma, cricketer (Indian pace bowler 1988-89), was born in Delhi. |
| 11/5/1920 | Indian Red Cross society was founded in India under Bengal Act VIII. St.John Ambulance Association is a wing of this societywhich directed Improvement of Health, Prevention of Diseases and Mitigation of Suffering activities. |
| 3/14/1997 | Veerendra Patil, 73, twice former Chief Minister of Karnataka, passed away. |
| 12/5/1935 | Bipinchandra Joshi, chief of Indian Army general, was born. |
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