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Historical Event on 2/16/1923
Vishnu Moreshwar Mahajani, famous author, poet and playwright, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/17/1922 | T. A. Pai, former Central Minister and bank expert, was born. |
| 11/20/1946 | Gandhiji starts tour without party. |
| 5/5/1916 | Giani Zail Singh, President of India, was born in Sandhwan village, Punjab. |
| 9/4/1990 | An all-party meeting refuses to endorse the decision to implement Mandal Commission Report according to which 27\% jobs are reserved for backward communities. |
| 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. |
| 2/9/2000 | The Madras High Court suspends the one-year jail sentence passed by a Special Court against the former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Ms. Jayalalitha, in the 'Pleasant Stay Hotel Case'. |
| 4/18/1904 | Ramnath Goenka, president and founder of Indian Express Group, was born. |
| 2/19/1974 | Bombay High Oil stock was found in the sea near Mumbai. |
| 11/9/1999 | Prof. Romila Thapar, historian, is elected to the highest British academic honour. |
| 4/18/1930 | Surya Sen alias Masterda attacked on Armoury of Chittagong with 62 men of the Indian Republican Army. |
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