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Historical Event on 10/16/1992
Capt. P. K. Sahgal of Azad Hind Fauz died. During the trial at the Red Fort, he said, "Beacuse I wanted freedom for my motherland , I was ready to shed my blood for it." (15-5-97
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/4/1938 | A. M. Chakrabarty was born in Sainthia at West Bengal. He found that under the optimum conditions of time, temperature and nutrients the Hydrocarbon-eating "qualities'' of four diffrent strains of bacteria could be transferred into one. He also showed that this super-strain of bacteria reproduces itself. |
| 7/19/1974 | Udham Singh's, revolutionary, ashes brought to Delhi from London. |
| 12/20/1999 | The Government rejects underworld don Dawood Ibrahim's conditional offer to surrender. |
| 5/8/1998 | Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh Prime Minister, gets the Gandhi award for 1998. |
| 8/27/1946 | Gandhiji cables warning to British Government against repetition of ""Bengal Tragedy"". He also wrote to Wavell. |
| 12/15/1950 | Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, first deputy Prime Minister of independent India also known as the 'Iron Man' and Bharat Ratna awardee, died. |
| 8/1/1996 | Madhu Dandavate is made Dy. Chairman, Planning Commission. |
| 8/10/1993 | Narayan Keshav Upasni, famous educationist, passed away. |
| 6/18/1989 | India and Pakistan decide to end the five-year-old confrontation in Siachen Glacier area by redeploying their forces. |
| 12/16/1922 | Parvati Devi, orator, was arrested for delivering revolutionary speeches in meetings at Hapud and Merrut. She was the first Indian women to get two years long imprisionment during the freedom struggle. |
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