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Historical Event on 3/16/1966

Judge Amal Kumar Sarkar became the Chief Justice of India. He held this office till 29/06/1966.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/23/1929The Fate of the Outlaw', a 7-reel film produced by Majestic Film Co. was prohibited by the Board of Censors, Bombay, on April 23 on the grounds that the film glorifieds crime.
5/23/1923Nirode Ranjan Chowdhury, Indian cricket pace bowler (1949-52), was born in Calcutta.
7/12/1960Bhagalpur University was established in Bihar.
2/24/1961Government of Madras province was renamed as Tamil Nadu.
10/4/1977Atal Bihari Vajpayee, External Affairs Minister of India, addressed the UNO General Assembly in Hindi language.
3/23/1962Nawab of Pataudi captains Indian cricket team vs WI at the age of 21 years 77 days.
6/28/1986Union Government sanctions maternity leave for unmarried women employees too.
6/6/1982Devraj Ars, former Chief Minister of Karnataka, passed away.
10/22/1680Rana Rajsingh, king of Mewad, died.
2/5/1922Amar Nath Sehgal, sculptor, was born at Campbellpur (W. Pakistan). His important works are ""Voice of Africa (Ghana-1958)"", A Cricketer (1961) and Mahatma Gandhi, Amritsar, To space Unknown (bronze, Moscow-1963)"", etc.