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Historical Event on 8/16/1901
Shripad Ramchandra Tikekar, journalist and critic, was born.

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12/16/1999	Bill on Cyber law is introduced in the Lok Sabha.
12/23/1954	Judge Bijan Kumar Mukherjea became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 31/01/1956.
5/24/1991	The body of Rajiv Gandhi, India's assassinated former premier and son of the late Indira Gandhi, was cremated in New Delhi today. He was killed by a suicide bomber in the southern state of Tamil Nadu three days ago. Police suspect that Tamil rebels, fighting for independence in Sri Lanka, carried out the murder. Gandhi's death signaled the end of the Nehru dynasty's rule over India. His two children were too young to assume the leadership of this turbulent nation. There was pressure for Sonia Gandhi to succeed her husband, but she was Italian-born and refused.
5/12/1987	Britain's HMS Hermes becomes Indian Navy's second aircraft carrier named INS Viraat.
2/21/1995	The plan outlay for Andhra Pradesh for 1995-96 fixed at Rs. 3.159 crores.
6/22/1940	Netaji Subhashchandra Bose established the 'Forward Block' after differences with Congress leaders.
2/20/2000	India-born Mr. Ujjal Dosanjh (52), leader of New Democratic Party, sworn in Canada's first Indo-Canadian Premier of British Columbia.
7/25/1992	R. Venkataraman retired from the post of 8th President.
8/13/1993	Rama Rao vows not to return to the house unless the government is ousted.
10/17/1906	Swami Ramtirtha, great social reformer and poet, died at the age of 33.

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Historical Event on 8/16/1901 Shripad Ramchandra Tikekar, journalist and critic, was born.

Historical Event on 8/16/1901
Shripad Ramchandra Tikekar, journalist and critic, was born.