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Historical Event on 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

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11/23/1937	Sir Jagdish Chandra Bose, eminent scientist, passed away due to heart attack. In 1901, he proved that ""plants and animal have similar touch sense"". He founded Bose Research Institute in Calcutta and authored world famous books ""Response in Living and Non-Living""(1902) and ""Nervous Merchanism of Pl
10/23/1996	Amjad Ali Khan, sarod maestro, appointed UNICEF's national ambassador for children.
5/29/1957	Satish Kumar Sareen graduated from the first batch of the JSW and went onto the AFFC for flying training.
8/14/1896	Gandhiji published ""The Green Pamphlet"" at Rajkot and then toured to Bombay, Madras, Poona and Calcutta educating Indians in regard to grievances of South African Indians.
2/14/1994	V. P. Singh elected JD Chief in place of S.R. Bommai who stepped down.
4/3/1700	Sikandar, former sultan of Vijapur, passed away at Satara in the imprisonment of Mughals.
6/30/2000	The Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council adopts a resolution seeking separation from J&K.

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