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Historical Event on 2/16/1955
Maghnath Saha, famous scientist, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/3/1905 | Uma Datt Sraswat, famous writer, was born at Biswan in U.P. |
| 1/30/1785 | Sir Charles Metkaff, governor general of East India Company, was born. |
| 4/2/1970 | Meghalaya, an autonomous hilly state, was established after dividing the hilly areas of Assam. |
| 10/20/1905 | Mohansing Mahir, famous modern Punjabi poet, was born. |
| 6/22/1993 | Ordinance to amend Consumer Act was issued; Government doctors and hospitals were kept out of its ambit. |
| 3/22/1885 | Gulam Yazdani, great archaeologist and critic, was born. |
| 9/5/1612 | East India Company's Navy eastablished. |
| 8/13/1795 | Ahilyabai Holkar passed away at the age of 70. |
| 6/9/1992 | Rajesh Khanna (Congress-I) defeats Shatrughan Sinha to wrest the New Delhi Lok Sabha seat from the BJP. |
| 3/24/1990 | Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) was withdrawn in toto from the northern and eastern provinces of Sri Lanka. |
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