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Historical Event on 7/16/1917
Jagdishchandra Mathur, modern Hindi playwright, was born.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
11/18/1997 | Puttaveeramma of Ishwatha Ashrama Vidyaranyapuram, Vishveshwara Nagar, Mysore, conferred with the 'Rajiv Gandhi Manav Seva Award 1997' for lifelong exemplary service to poor destitute women, in particular deaf and dumb girl children. |
1/22/1986 | Indira Gandhi Rajbhasha Awards instituted. |
1/17/1771 | Govind Patwardhan Mirajkar, first Rao of Peshwai, passed away. |
6/25/1993 | Mahadevan, SBI MD, sacked in the wake of his role in the securities scam. |
9/19/1996 | Suresh Mehta ministry is dismissed, President's rule imposed. |
3/3/1952 | The Indian National Congress secured absolute majority in the Lok Sabha in the General elections. |
8/6/1991 | Ramakrishna Hegde disqualified as MLA. |
3/10/1904 | Raghunath Gopal Kokaje, great Hindi writer, was born at Bhoka, district Ratnagiri. |
9/18/1924 | Mahatma Gandhi was to fast for 21 days in despair of the recent riots between Muslims and Hindus. It was an expression of his 'unbearable hopelessnes'. ""Nothing I say or write,"" he said, ""can bring the two communities together."" Even as he spoke there were reports of further riots at Kohat, in which 20 Hindus and 11 Muslims were killed. Reservations, Gandhi speaking in Allahabad said, reserved the right to drink water with or without salt. ""It is both a penance and a prayer. As it is penance I need not have taken the public into my confidence but I publish it as, let me hope, an effective prayer to Hindus and Muslims, not to commit suicide"". |
9/23/1908 | Ramdhari Singh Dinkar, famous Hindi poet, was born. |
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