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Historical Event on 4/16/1930
Baba Kanshi Ram, freedom fighter and social reformer, was arrested by British police.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/9/1918 | Harprasad Nanda, famous Industrialist, was born. |
| 2/26/1857 | First Indian Revolution called the Sepoy Mutiny ends in a few months with the fall of Delhi and Lucknow which broke out in Berhampore by the 19th Bengal Infantry. |
| 6/5/1992 | Hindi weelky of Indian Express Group 'Screen' published. |
| 6/9/1997 | Portfolio changes were effected by I K Gujral in Union Cabinet. |
| 1/10/1959 | Martin Luther King, the US Black leader, arrived in New Delhi. |
| 2/16/1992 | Abbas Musawi, leader of Hezbollah, assassinated. |
| 1/4/1907 | Govind Rai, renowned Gujarati novelist and writer of 'Saraswati Chandra', passed away. |
| 7/2/1999 | The Indian Army launches a three pronged attack on Kargil. India is firm on Pakistan pullout from the area. |
| 12/7/1992 | Religious riots swept across India in the wake of the destruction of the ancient Babri Masjid mosque by rampaging Hindu fanatics in the northern Indian town of Ayodhya yesterday. More than 800 people had been killed and hundreds injured as Muslim and Hindu mobs stabbed, shooted and beat each other. The violence had thrown the government into chaos and had spilled into the neighboring states of Pakistan and Bangladesh. The army had been called out to restore order in Bombay, where street battles left 41 dead. The stock market had been closed down and Parliament forced to adjourn. Advani quit as the leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha. |
| 3/25/1905 | Mirza Rasid Ali Baig, famous Indian politician, was born. |
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