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Historical Event on 2/16/1955
Maghnath Saha, famous scientist, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/20/1921 | The Mopla revolt, one of the important uprisings of India, was started at Kerala. |
| 12/24/1894 | The first medical conference was held in Calcutta. |
| 11/16/1877 | Ardaseer Cursetjee Wadia, professor, pioneer and innovator, died. He was the first Indian who was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society, London. He introduced lighting by gas and was the first to build ""INDUS"", a steam-ship in India in 1833. He also introduced sewing machine, photography and electro-plat |
| 11/1/2000 | T. R. Prasad was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He holds this office till date. |
| 5/1/1983 | Amravati University established. |
| 5/9/1917 | Fighting breaks out at Kharkwasta in the north-west frontier of India. |
| 12/20/1993 | Jaichandran Nair, Colonel Neelkantan, died. |
| 4/2/1970 | Privy purses and special privileges of former Indian rulers abolished. |
| 4/3/1956 | Nehru announces that troops have been sent to control Naga tribal people in the Burmese border area, who are asking for a separate state. |
| 9/21/1895 | Annapurnanand, great writer, was born. |
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