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Historical Event on 1/16/1896

Jaideva Singh, famous musician and educationist, was born Shohratgarh, U.P.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/28/1975Netherlands gives independence to Dutch Guyana, which becomes Suriname; one third of Hindus (descendants of Indian plantation workers) emigrate to Netherlands for better social and economic conditions.
6/27/1917Khanderao Moreshwar Rangnekar, cricketer (batted in 3 Tests India v Australia 1947-48), was born in Maharashtra.
11/6/1997Supreme Court acquits former Union Minister for Power and Food Kalpanath Rai held under TADA for alleged harbouring of an accused in ""1992 Bombay J.J. Hospital shootout case'
2/12/1928Bardoli Satyagrah (Gujarat) was led by Vallabhbhai Patel against the Bombay government's decision to hike the revenue on cotton by 22 percent while its prices declined Internationally. Ultimately the govenment quashed the hike.
6/25/1992BJP bags eleven seats in the biennial elections to the Rajya Sabha, Congress (I) secures seven.
2/22/1977Emergency and 'MISSA' laws were cancelled.
2/22/1977Sher Shah defeats Humayun near Buxar at Chausa and becomes emperor of Delhi.
10/29/1962China attacked India.
5/22/1996Ravi Shastri appointed UNICEF's national ambassador for children.
6/18/1917Lachhmansingh Gill, famous politician and former chief minister, was born.