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Historical Event on 3/16/1902

A. Appadorai, educationist and author, was born at Angadipuram, Kerala.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/28/1872Albert P Sarraut, French Governor General of Indo-China (1911..19)/PM (1933/36), was born.
4/22/1958Admiral R. T. Katari was appointed as the first Indian Chief of the Naval Staff.
1/16/1681Sambhaji was crowned as the successor of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in a function held at Raigad Fort.
12/7/1995Indian National Satellite (INSAT-2C), third indigenous satellite in the INSAT-2 series, launched. This has additional capabilities such as mobile satellite service, business communication and television outreach beyond Indian boundaries. This is still in service. It was launched by Ariane launch vehicle at French Guyana.
7/1/1990General Sunith Francis Rodrigues takes over as Chief of the Army Staff.
1/3/1952India adopted birth control program with aid of U.N. World Health Organization.
11/15/2000India cancels cricket series with Pakistan in January next on account of Islamabad's ''hostile propaganda''.
2/10/1921Wilhelm Conrad Von Roentgen, professor and nobel prize winner, passed away.
10/26/1961Heavy fighting flared up between India and Communist China in their three-year-old dispute over border lines in the Himalayas. Each side accused the other of initiating the fighting that began along the Tibetan border early in October.
2/11/1993Centre bans BJP rally in the capital on February 25.