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Historical Event on 4/16/1930

Rioting continues in India as British police fire on mob of 10,000.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/21/1999Madhavrao Scindia becomes the Deputy Leader of Congress (I) in the Lok Sabha.
11/15/1920Assembly meeting of the League of Nations.
1/31/1985Under the 52nd Constitutional Amendment, Anti-Defector Bill was passed unanimously in Lok Sabha. This avoided the Representatives of People to switch over political parties.
5/5/1977Chandra Shekar chosen President of the Janatha Party.
6/28/1986Union Government sanctions maternity leave for unmarried women employees too.
9/9/1896Shyam Lal Gupt 'Parshad', freedom fighter, social worker and Padamshree awardee, was born in Narwal village near Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh.
7/10/1991C. G. Pandit, famous scientist and Padmabhushan awardee, died.
6/24/1996Cong(I) enters into an electoral alliance with Bahujan Samaj Party for forthcoming Assembly election in UP.
9/9/1850Bhartendu Harish Chander, father of modern Hindi literature, poet and dramatist, was born.
6/13/2000Yashwant Sinha, Finance Minister, announces a one-time settlement of outstanding loans below Rs. 10 crores in a move aimed at ridding the public sector banks of Rs. 51,000 crores of bad loans.