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Historical Event on 3/16/1901
Pralhad Balacharya Gajendragadkar, Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/26/1992 | Bharat Bhushan, the legendary romantic film hero of the 1950's, passed away at the age of 71 years. |
| 5/29/1992 | Agni-India's IRB missile successfully test-fired from Orissa coast for the first time since May 22, 1989. |
| 5/23/1947 | The U.K. Cabinet today took the historic step of agreeing to Lord Mountbatten's proposal for the partition of India into two states, one Muslim and the other Hindu. The Viceroy is to have a series of talks with Lord Listowel, the Secretary for India. |
| 11/16/1835 | Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi was born in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. She was named Manikarnika and was called 'Manu'. (16 or19). |
| 1/28/1937 | Suman Kalyanpurkar, famous singer, was born. |
| 8/19/1757 | The first rupee coin was minted in Calcutta by the East India Company. |
| 1/29/1997 | Fire engulfs most of the three top floors of the Express Towers, skyrise building owned by Indian Express group in Mumbai. |
| 2/5/1992 | Last day of Test Cricket cricket for Dilip Vengsarkar. |
| 3/11/1984 | India's first modern boas `Jalusha' started from Vishakhapattanam. |
| 7/1/1947 | Sharad NandKishore Yadav was born in Babai, Distt. Hoshangabad (Madhya Pradesh). |
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