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Historical Event on 9/16/1916

D. R. Samant, journalist and social reformer, was born at Ratnagiri, Maharashtra.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/27/1998Churches and missionary schools come under attack and many were injured in a fresh outbreak of communal violence in Surat and Dangs district of Gujarat even as the Bajrang Dal and the Vishwa Hindu Parishad announce the stepping up of their stir against the alleged conversion of Hindus.
4/30/1977Nine Congress-ruled states placed under President's rule. Janata Party formed.
8/13/1956National Highways Act was approved by the Parliament of India.
5/11/1993Toy factory fire kills over 200 people in Bangalore.
12/3/1993Bahadur Prasad wins silver in 1500 m in Asian Track and Field meet in Manila.
10/18/1861Chintaman Vinayak Vaidya, historian and researcher, was born.
1/30/1993Congress (I) MLA in Andhra Pradesh P. Balaraju and eight officials kidnapped by the outlawed People's War Group in Visakhapatnam district.
10/1/1932Indian Milatary Academy became functional with Brigadier LP Collins, DSO, OBE as the Commandant. The first course of 40 GCs had on its rolls Sam Manekshaw, Smith Dun and Mohd Musa, later to be Chiefs of the armies of their respective countries, i.e. India, Burma (now Myanmar) and Pakistan. This training was for a period of two and a half years.
9/28/1991Shankar Guha Niyogi, an active trade union leader of Madhya Pradesh, was shot dead by unknown assailants.
10/9/1976International Dialing Telephone Service started between Mumbai and London.