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Historical Event on 9/16/1916
D. R. Samant, journalist and social reformer, was born at Ratnagiri, Maharashtra.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/2/1877 | Narottam Morarjee, great social reformer and the architect of the modern Indian Shipping, was born at Porbandar. |
| 6/5/1996 | Kubernath Rai, well known writer, passed away. |
| 1/15/1973 | Air Chief Marshal Pratap Chandra Lal, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, DFC. retired as the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. |
| 5/2/1907 | Riots break out in Rawalpindi and East Bengal, spreading to the Punjab. |
| 10/18/1992 | 1,000 police personnel occupy the Golden Temple in Amritsar to keep Punjab separatists away. |
| 7/1/1997 | Over 23,000 blowdowns completed in 1.2 m tunnel. |
| 11/6/1930 | First Round Table Conference held at London. |
| 3/23/1942 | Japanese forces occupy Rangoon, Andaman Islands in Indian Ocean. |
| 4/20/1973 | Rioting over food shortages ends after three days in Nagpur. |
| 4/29/1957 | The National Civil Defence College was founded at Nagpur as the Central Emergency Relief Training Institute (CERTI). It functions as the training wing of the Emergency Relief Organisation of the Government of India. |
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