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Historical Event on 3/16/1924
Bhupendranath Basu, great freedom fighter, President of Congress and fluent orator, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/2/1845 | First Shipping Company of India started. |
| 3/12/1992 | India and the US decide to hold joint naval exercises in the Indian ocean. |
| 3/30/1923 | New financial measures come into force, including restoration of Salt Tax. |
| 12/20/1904 | Virendranarayan Chakravorthy, former Indian Ambassador in England and Governor of Haryana, was born. |
| 4/14/1944 | Blast in ammunition loaded on 1,318 tonned freighter 'S. S. Fort Stikine' which was anchored in Victoria Dock at Bombay. The explosion killed 1376 people, wrecking 27 ships and destroying 40,000 tons of food. |
| 1/11/1998 | C. V. Gadkari, great Indian Test all-rounder 1953-55, passed away. |
| 8/10/1860 | Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande, the great architect of the renaissance of Hindustani music and who played a vital role in giving re-birth to North Indian classical music, was born at Balukeshwar, Maharashtra. |
| 6/11/1991 | Forty die in rioting in Srinigar, Kashmir. |
| 3/28/1645 | Har Govind Singh, Sikh Guru, died. |
| 6/20/1946 | Kashmir authorities arrest President-elect Nehru for refusing to obey an order banning him from the state. |
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