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Historical Event on 12/16/1922

Parvati Devi, orator, was arrested for delivering revolutionary speeches in meetings at Hapud and Merrut. She was the first Indian women to get two years long imprisionment during the freedom struggle.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/5/1930Gandhiji was arrested and imprisoned without trial. As a result there was ''hartal'' (strike)all over India. Over 100,000 people were jailed before the end of the year.
2/12/1993Kapil Dev crosses 400 wickets and 5000 runs in test cricket.
8/6/1991Ramakrishna Hegde disqualified as MLA.
4/28/1952The war between Japan and India ended.
5/21/1996M.S. Sushama Dande (Shiv Sena) elected first woman mayor of New Mumbai along with Savitri Patil (Shiv Sena) as Deputy Mayor.
2/9/1992Pakistan bans JKLF march.
4/16/1959Raurkela Iron Project's first furnace started functioning.
11/27/1998India retains the Asia Cup tennis championship in Delhi beating Uzbekistan 2-1 in the final.
11/5/1931M. G. Subramaniam, cricket test umpire for 2 tests from 1983-84, was born in Karnataka.
4/18/1993BJP issues white paper on Ayodhya.