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Historical Event on 2/16/1896
Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala', great Hindi poet, litterateur, writer, social worker and editor, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/19/1911 | Merle Oberon, film actress (Assignment Foreign Legion), was born in Calcutta, India. |
| 2/26/1984 | Satellite Insat 1-B dedicated to the nation by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. |
| 8/11/1961 | Dadra and Nagar Haweli declared as Union Territory States. |
| 6/19/1997 | Indian Prime Minister and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif, spoke for first time on restored hotline, to reiterate their committment to comprehensive dialogue, including Kashmir. |
| 6/19/1997 | Rana Sangram Singh, King of Mewad, fought Babur near Kanwa at Agra and lost the battle and died thereafter. He had vowed not to enter Chittogarh without a victory. |
| 2/16/1997 | Ramakrishna Hegde launches a new national political party, Lok Shakti. |
| 12/10/1902 | Nijalingappa Siddavanahalli, president of Indian National Congress and politician, was born at Haluvagalu (Bellary). |
| 1/1/1955 | Shantiswaroop Bhatnagar, famous Indian Chemical Expert, died. |
| 3/6/1997 | Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Cooperation (IOR-ARC) inaugurated in Mauritius. |
| 9/13/1984 | Swami Brahmanand died. He established Brahmanand Inter College (1938), Brahmanand Sanskrit Mahavidyalaya (1943) and Brahmanand Mahavidyalaya (1960). He joined the freedom movement and participated in Salt Satyagraha, Non Cooperation Movement and Quit India Movement. |
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