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Historical Event on 03/16/1556

Amarsingh, Rajput king of Mewar, was born.

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10/3/1984India's longest distance train Himsagar Express (from Jammu Tavi to Kanya Kumari) was first flagged.
1/8/1999Farah Khan made it a double, adding the National ladies snooker title in Delhi.
2/21/1952The XV Indian Olympic Games in Madras.
4/18/1961Pamella Bordes, photographer and model, was born in New Dehli, India.
3/5/1699Maharaja Jaisingh-II crowned as King of Jaipur kingdom and sat on Amber throne.
8/5/1965M. V. Sridhar, cricketer (scored 366 for Hyderabad vs Andhra Pradesh, 1994), was born.
4/23/1959Peking Radio reports say that Chinese troops defeated rebels in south-eastern Tibet and have closed Tibet's borders with India and Burma.
4/18/1971Air India's first Jumbo Jet Plane passenger Boeing 747 named 'Emperor Samrat Ashok' was landed on Santacruz Airport at Bombay.
3/1/1818Singhgad won by the Britishers after the end of Peshwa kingdom.
12/15/1997Magsaysay award winning litterateur Mahasweta Devi, Sitar maestro Annapurna Devi and Rabindra Sangeet exponent Suchitra Mitra honoured with 'Desikottam' by Visva Bharati University.