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Historical Event on 12/16/1922

Parvati Devi, orator, was arrested for delivering revolutionary speeches in meetings at Hapud and Merrut. She was the first Indian women to get two years long imprisionment during the freedom struggle.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/15/1997K. R. Narayanan, President, posthumously confers nation's highest peace-time gallantry award 'Ashok Chakra' to second Lieutenant Puneet Dutta.
8/10/1927Manali Kallat Vainu Bappu, first Indian astronomer, litterateur and Urdu poet, was born at Madras.
8/16/1997Bodo extremists kill 13 villagers in Nalbari district in Assam.
7/20/1680Chhatrapati Sambhaji was throne.
5/30/1995Notification issued for the constitution of Jharkhand Autonomous District Council.
8/11/1893First Hindu-Muslim riots in Maharashtra.
1/29/1870'Hicleche Bengal Gazette' newspaper published in India.
1/27/1989M. Karunanidhi sworn in as DMK CM in Tamil Nadu.
5/12/1992Ms. Santosh Yadav (Indo-Tibetan Border Police) becomes the second Indian woman to set foot atop Mt. Everest.
2/21/1991Opposition boycotts the President's address as a protest against the dismissal of Tamil Nadu government.