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Historical Event on 9/16/1955

Leopold C. M. S. Amery, British minister of Colonies (India), died at the age of 81.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/16/2000The Government to reduce equity holding in nationalised banks from 51 per cent to 33 per cent.
10/19/1910Subrahamanyam Chandrasekhar was born in Lahore. He was one of the world's leading astrophysicists. For his contributions to the study of stars, Chandrasekhar had received the highest award in Science, the Noble Prize in Physics in 1983.
12/19/1994K. A. P. Vishwanathan, famous Tamil author, passed away.
2/15/1967Fourth General Election of Lok Sabha begins.
5/26/1948First ever trade agreement with Pakistan.
3/17/1987Sunil Gavaskar ends his Test career with an innings of 96 v Pak.
10/30/1883Swami Dayanand Saraswati, founder of Arya Samaj, died in Ajmer.
4/29/1954India accepted Tibet as a part of China.
3/13/1996Wills World Cup Cricket semi final (India vs Sri Lanka) at Calcutta abandoned due to unruly crowd behaviour. Sri Lanka enters final.
6/6/1982Devraj Ars, former Chief Minister of Karnataka, passed away.