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Historical Event on 2/16/1905
Padmabhushan Aliyawar Jang, former Governor of Maharashtra, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/17/1769 | To establish the business of English Mill's Cloth, East Indiian Company had imposed various restriction on weavers of Bengal to destroy the Muslim and textile industry in Bengal , which was meant to destroy the Indian cloth and 'malmal' industry. |
| 2/28/1918 | Srinivas Ramanujan, famous Indian scientist, was elected Fellow of the Royal Society. |
| 7/5/1984 | Indian Airlines airbus hijacked, lands in Lahore. |
| 4/15/1874 | Tryambak Sitaram Karkhanis, founder of `Maharashtra Natak Mandali', was born. |
| 3/5/1990 | Government announces an interim relief of Rs. 360 crore to 5 lakh victims of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy. |
| 11/6/1952 | Dipal Jayant Tilak, journalist and editor, was born. |
| 11/29/1996 | The Indian Journal of Medical Research brought out special issues, as part of the 85th year celebrations of ICMR, on Nutrition Research (November 1995) and Diarrhoeal Diseases (July, 1996). The ICMR Bulletin also brought out special issues on such topics as Nutrition, Tuberculosis, AIDS, Tribal Health, etc. so as to coincide with the theme selected for a particular month as part of the celebrations. As part of the global theme initiative coordinated by JAMA, USA, the January 1996 issue of the ICMR was devoted to 'Emerging and Re-emerging Infections'. |
| 10/31/1975 | Sachin Dev Burman, famous music director, died. |
| 10/1/1894 | Sudhi Ranjan Das, Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born in Calcutta. |
| 6/20/1987 | Dr. Salim Ali, internationally renowned expert of birds, died at Bombay. |
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