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Historical Event on 8/16/1932

Britain instituted new electoral plan for India: to allow limited untouchables and giving them separate representation.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/1/1997Lt. Gen. Ved Prakash Malik to be next chief of Army staff. Gen. Shankar Roy Chowdhury retires on September 30.
4/30/1888Hailsones kill 246 in Moradabad.
9/25/1997India clinches the Red & White Latif Masters International Snooker title in Karachi.
2/24/1961Government of Madras province was renamed as Tamil Nadu.
10/30/1947The government rejects Kashmir's decision to join India in Pakistan.
1/28/1999Central Zone won the Deodhar Trophy, defeating South in their final in Agartala.
4/2/1942Andaman Islands, U.S. Army Air Force Flying Fortresses, bomb the Japanese fleet.
5/7/1973The foundation stone was laid of Itanagar, the new capital of Arunachal Pradesh.
7/26/1927Gulabrai Sipahahimalani Ramchand, cricketer (valuable all-rounder in 33 Tests for India), was born in Karachi.
7/2/1999In Jammu and Kashmir, nine people are killed by unidentified militants.