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Historical Event on 9/16/1973
Abasaheb Mujumdar, great musician, died.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/18/1974 | Rajni Pannikar,noted story writer, passed away. |
| 10/2/1906 | Raja Ravi Verma died at Attingal near Trivandrum, Kerala. He is remembered for his artistic work in 'Ram Panchayatan', 'Vishwamitra-Menaka', 'Shakuntala writing a letter', 'Shiv Parvati'. A commemorative stamp was issued by the Postal Department on April 29, 1971 in his honour. |
| 12/15/1997 | Magsaysay award winning litterateur Mahasweta Devi, Sitar maestro Annapurna Devi and Rabindra Sangeet exponent Suchitra Mitra honoured with 'Desikottam' by Visva Bharati University. |
| 2/1/1990 | Governors named for 14 states. |
| 2/7/1795 | Dutch Prince William V accepts British occupation of Dutch Indies. |
| 6/13/1757 | Clive marched to Murshidabad against Nawab Siraj ud-Daulah along with the force comprising of 1800 British and 2000 Indian soldiers with eight canons. |
| 7/29/1901 | Rudyard Kipling, the renowned author of stories and poems about colonial India and an unofficial spokesman for the British Empire, joined the rising chorus of criticism in regard to Britain's conduct in the increasingly unpopular Boer War. |
| 7/22/1992 | Security scam: Planning Commission member V. Krishnamurthy resigns. |
| 5/20/1991 | A. S. L. V. was launched. |
| 5/19/1913 | Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, President of India, was born. |
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