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Historical Event on 2/16/1955
Maghnath Saha, famous scientist, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/2/1997 | A division bench of Mumbai High Court holds that a married woman of a joint Hindu family can stake a claim to her father's property. |
| 12/13/1999 | The Government lodges protest with the Pakistani Rangers following the discovery of a tunnel near the Indo-Pak border. |
| 2/10/1999 | P. Gopi Chand (A.P.) and Aparna Popat (Karnataka) won the men's and women's singles titles respectively in the National badminton championship in Delhi. |
| 4/3/1987 | S.H. Vatsyayan passed away. |
| 4/1/1947 | Gandhiji addresses Asian Relations Conference in Delhi. |
| 8/15/1947 | The Defence department becomes the Ministry of Defence under a Cabinet Minister. Each service was placed under its own Commander-in-Chief. Under the Constitution, the supreme command of the Armed Forces was vested with the President. |
| 12/20/1998 | Dr. B. V. Raman (86), a reputed astrologer, dies in Bangalore following a cardiac arrest. He was the Editor of The Astrological Magazine. |
| 8/7/1982 | Krishnakanta Radhakant Handique, linguist, educationist, Sanskrit scholar, principal of J.B. College and Padma Bhushan awardee, passed away. He also authored the learned works 'Naisadhacarita', 'Yasastilaka and Indian Culture' etc. His original treatise written in Sanskrit by Somaveda in the 10th century is an encyclopedic work dealing with Jainism and Indian thoughts and culture. |
| 6/20/1979 | Renedy Singh, Indian Soccer(Football) player, was born in Manipur. |
| 5/20/1987 | G. G. Jadhav `Pudhari', editor of daily newspaper, passed away. |
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