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Historical Event on 2/16/1905
Padmabhushan Aliyawar Jang, former Governor of Maharashtra, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/6/1952 | George VI (1895-1952), King of the United Kingdom, died of lung cancer at the age of 56 (succeeded by daughter, Elizabeth II). In 1947, His title of Emperor of India was deleted. |
| 1/23/1920 | Air transportation began in India by two Royal Air Force planes between Karachi and Bombay, and Air Mail service started. |
| 9/4/1987 | Roop Kanwar, an 18-year-old girl, commits Sati (burning herself in her husband's funeral pyre) in Deorala in Rajasthan. |
| 7/19/1974 | Udham Singh's, revolutionary, ashes brought to Delhi from London. |
| 11/3/1991 | India's short range surface-to-air missile (SAM) 'Trishul' successfully tested. |
| 3/10/1993 | The 12-day-old caretaker ministry in Tripura led by Samir Ranjan Burman resigns. |
| 11/20/1947 | Parliament gives Indian government censorship powers over press at New Delhi. |
| 6/11/1964 | Dr. Jayant Narlikar, great mathematician of India, submitted his thesis to Royal Society of London. |
| 1/20/1684 | Treaty between Marathas and Portuguese. |
| 7/20/1993 | British parliament ratifies the Indo-British extradition treaty. |
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