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Historical Event on 6/16/1925
Chittaranjan Das, great freedom fighter, revolutionary, orator, poet, journalist and lawyer, died.
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| 3/20/1970 | Establishment of Muslim Satyashodhak Samaj. |
| 12/23/1845 | Rasbhihari Ghosh, famous patriot and law expert, was born. |
| 10/13/1967 | Vasant Prabhu, famous music director, died. |
| 2/22/1997 | India outplays Poland in the final hockey `Test' and win series 2-0. |
| 3/15/1941 | Gorkha Rifles Battalion Group (INDBATT) unit was raised as the 4th Battalion, the 2nd King Edward VII's own Gorkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles) by Lt Col O'de T Lovett at Deharadun. |
| 8/4/1933 | Gandhi is imprisoned for one year for breaking a restraint order. |
| 9/12/1961 | Nalin Vilochan Sharma, great Hindi critic, died. |
| 1/10/1922 | Museum of Prince of Wales, situated at Mumbai, opened for public. |
| 8/15/1947 | India and Pakistan gain independence (dominion status). Lord Mountbatten becomes Governor General of India and Mohammad Ali Jinnah is appointed the Governor General of Pakistan. Independent India's first cabinet meeting with Jawaharlal Nehru as Prime Minister held. Members of the first Cabinet were: 1. J. L. Nehru - PM, External and Commonwealth Relations and Scientific Research, 2. Sardar Patel - Home Information and Broadcasting and States, 3. Dr. Rajendra Praised - Food and Agriculture, 4. Maulana Azad - Education, 5. John Mathai - Railways and Transport, 6. Sardar Baldev Singh - Defence, 7. Jagjivan Ram - Labour, 8. C. H. Bhabha - Commerce, 9. R. A. Kidwai - Communications, 10. Rajkumari Amrit Kaur - Health, 11. B. R. Ambedkar - Law 12. R. K. Sanmukham Chetty - Finance, 13. Shyama Prasad Mookerji - Industries and Supplies, 14. N. V. Gadgil - Works, Mines and Power. |
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