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Historical Event on 3/16/1945

Ganesh Damodar Savarkar, who was a revolutionary and brother of Swatantriya Veer Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/30/1933Gandhiji informs the Government of Bombay of his decision to march from Ahmedabad to Ras with 33 followers to revive Civil Disobedience movement.
7/11/1882Baba Kanshi Ram, great freedom fighter and social reformer, was born at Dada Siba village, Tehsil Dehra District, Kangra.
10/28/1929Narotam Puna, cricketer (Bombay NZ off-spinner v England 1966), was born.
3/26/1990Sangma Ministry quits in Meghalaya. B. B. Lyngdoh is new CM.
10/17/1997Prime Minister lays foundation stone of the Science City being set up at Jalandhar, Punjab.
6/25/1998Sikh high priests exonerate the Akali Dal leader and chief of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, Gurcharan Singh Tohra, of charges of violating a ``Hukumnama'' (religious edict) issued by the Akal Takht, which prescribed a complete boycott of the members of the Nirankari missions for their ''blasphemous'' activities.
2/18/199247 die in Tamil Nadu's Kumbakonam Mahamakham stampede.
1/19/1995Prof. Armaity Desai, eminent Sociologist, appointed the new UGC Chairperson.
8/15/1949Chandernagore joins the Indian Union. Panchayati Raj inaugurated in 114,000 villages.
2/13/1994Troops moved to Uttar Pradesh to quell caste violence.