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Historical Event on 8/16/1901
Shripad Ramchandra Tikekar, journalist and critic, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/2/1970 | Parliament abolishes the privileges of 279 maharajahs in New Delhi. |
| 7/22/1956 | Quake shatters town of Anjar; claiming 117 lives, 800 people were missing. |
| 11/30/1998 | Sonia Gandhi names Ashok Ghelot and Sheila Dixit as Chief Ministers of Rajasthan and Delhi respectively. |
| 3/9/1998 | Vishwanathan Anand,Chess legend, wins the Super Grand Master Title. |
| 8/21/1955 | Ramnarayan Vishwanath Pathak, noted critic of Gujarati literature, poet and story writer, passed away. |
| 8/21/1955 | Property Tax was passed. |
| 10/18/1992 | Zimbabwe's first Test match vs India at Harare. |
| 3/1/1971 | General Election ( 5th) of India begins. |
| 7/12/1864 | Vishvanath Kashinath Rajwade, great Historian, was born. |
| 3/2/1933 | Anandji, famous music director, was born. |
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