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Historical Event on 8/16/1922
Raunaq Singh, great industrialist and philanthropist, was born at Daska.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/1/1930 | A bomb, believed to be planted by Indian nationalists, is found at the British Museum at London. |
| 7/2/1993 | Delhi High Court stays the Lok Sabha Speaker's order disqualifying four Janata Dal MPs under the anti-defection law. |
| 3/3/1997 | Bill Gates, Microsoft Chairman, arrives in New Delhi. |
| 2/10/1859 | General Horsford defeats Begum of Oude & Nana Sahib in Indian mutiny. |
| 11/30/1915 | Venkat Apparao Gurjad, famous Telgu poet, died. |
| 2/28/1900 | Kondedera Madappa Kariappa, first General of independent India, was born. |
| 8/11/1993 | Brahmaprakash Chaudhary, first Chief Minister of Delhi and former central minister, died. |
| 9/15/1912 | Rusi Karanjia, journalist and publisher, was born. |
| 4/28/1996 | EC orders re-polling in 69 booths in four states. |
| 4/16/1959 | Raurkela Iron Project's first furnace started functioning. |
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