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Historical Event on 2/16/1982
Sibnath Banerjee, great social worker and leader, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/24/1990 | Surjit Singh Barnala sworn in as Governor of Tamil Nadu. |
| 1/21/1924 | Professor Madhu Dandavate, former Finance Minister, was born at Ahmednagar. |
| 11/27/1935 | Prakash Bhandari, cricketer (3 Tests for India in mid-50's, 77 runs), was born in Delhi |
| 5/18/1998 | India talks with the US on the nuclear tests. |
| 4/16/1966 | Nandlal Bose, who established modern painting in Bengal, passed away. |
| 4/7/1929 | England's Imperial Airways had extended its flight to London-Karachi instead of London-Kahira. It was the first commercial air service in undivided India. |
| 4/16/1918 | Spike Milligan, famous actor and comedian (Digby, 3 Musketeers), was born in India. |
| 5/9/1933 | Gandhiji announced suspension of Civil Disobedience Movement for six weeks and called on the Government to withdraw its Ordinances. |
| 6/14/1929 | Jatindra Nath Das was arrested in Calcutta. |
| 6/14/1929 | Father Francis Xavier, Spanish founder of the Jesuits, 35, and three friends set sail from Lisbon, Portugal for Goa. They became the first Roman Catholic missionaries to travel to India. |
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