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Historical Event on 1/16/1920
Nani Palkhiwala, famous law expert, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/11/1999 | 12 dalits are shot by the Ranbir Sena in Narayanpar village in Bihar. |
| 5/6/1910 | Edward VII, King of Great Britain and Emperor of India, died suddenly of pneumonia at Buckingham Palace tonight. He ruled Britain for nine years. Power passed immediately to his son George, the Prince of Wales, who will rule as King George V. The 68-year-old monarch's sudden death threw his country into a state of shock. Edward had apparently caught a cold during a visit the past weekend to the wet grounds of his estate at Sandringham. |
| 5/27/1906 | Maharashtra Sahitya Patrika Day. |
| 12/25/1861 | Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya, freedom fighter and founder of Banaras Hindu University, was born at Allahabad. |
| 12/15/1999 | Yashwant Sinha, Finance Minister, arrives in Berlin to attend G-20 meet. |
| 6/12/1970 | Gopinath Kaviraj, Padmavibhushan awardee and critic, passed away. |
| 6/20/1869 | Laxmanrao Kirloskar, great industrialist, social reformer, patriot and founder of Kirloskar Industry, was born at Belgaum. |
| 5/30/1887 | The 7th Battalion of the Mechanised Infantry Regiment was raised as 37 DOGRAS by Lt. Col V. Rivas at Sialkot. |
| 4/14/1995 | India beats Sri Lanka to win the Asia Cricket Cup final in Sharjah. |
| 6/18/1992 | Congress (I) chooses Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma as Presidential candidate. |
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