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Historical Event on 8/16/1923
Narayan Athavle, famous Marathi litterateur and journalist, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/6/1991 | Ramakrishna Hegde disqualified as MLA. |
| 10/20/1991 | Manohar Phalke, famous union leader and MLA, died. |
| 4/5/1930 | Mahatma Gandhi reached Dandi, a small costal village in Gujarat, after travelling 385 kms with 78 followers to break the recently imposed ""Salt Law"". This event is known as 'Dandi March' and was started from Sabarmati Ashram near Ahmedabad. |
| 10/26/1950 | Mother Teresa founded Mission of Charity in Calcutta, India. |
| 1/23/1996 | Maharashtra govt. winds up the inquiry commission headed by Justice Srikrishna set up to probe the communal riots in Mumbai in Dec. 92-Jan. 93. |
| 1/29/1853 | Madhusudan Rao, modern writer in Oria language, was born. |
| 7/14/1997 | India finishes third in Asian women's weightlifting. |
| 5/26/1983 | R. V. Marathe, father of Postal Index, passed away. |
| 9/26/1931 | At Lancashire, Gandhi sees textile workers hurt by Indian boycott but says home spinning must go on. |
| 11/24/1919 | Gandhiji presides over All-India Khilafat conference at Delhi. |
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