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Historical Event on 1/16/1681

Sambhaji was crowned as the successor of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in a function held at Raigad Fort.

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12/10/1952World's first official Family Planning programme launched in India.
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4/26/1999India's Atanu Lahiri and Bhagyashree Thipsay won the men's and women's titles respectively in the Commonwealth chess championship in Bikaner.
1/1/1892Mahadev Haribhai Desai, follower of Gandhiji, was born in Surat district.
10/6/1998Railways wins the BOB-Senior National Hockey championship for women defeating Haryana in the final at Chennai.
3/12/1993Powerful bomb blasts at twelve various places in Mumbai takes 317 lives.
5/25/1877Sir John Lawrence--passenger steamer of McLean & Co. of Calcutta--sank near the coastline of Orrisa in a storm. This ship carried 732 passengers.
8/27/1992The President issues two ordinances making it mandatory for new medical and dental colleges to obtain prior approval of the Medical and Dental Councils of India before their establishment.
11/22/1718Durgadas Rathore, social reformer, died on the banks of the Sipra at Ujjain.
9/23/1903Yusuf Meherali, freedom fighter and socialist, was born.