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Historical Event on 2/16/1911

Bhalchandra Gopal Bapat, newspaper editor and educationalist, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/1/1862Calcutta High Court was established for West Bengal and Andaman & Nicobar Islands. This Court has a Circuit Bench at Port Blair.
12/26/1989India debars Bofors from future contracts until they come out clean.
10/17/1996President's rule reimposed in U.P.
10/18/1995Punjab CM Harcharan Singh Brar inducts All India Youth Congress President Maninderjit Singh Bitta in to the cabinet.
9/6/1774British Government supported Peshwa Raghunath Rao to re-conqure Pune.
2/20/1987Lok Dal splits over leadership issue.
7/4/1789British East India Company signed a treaty with the Nizam of Hydrabad and Peshwa of Pune against Tipu Sultan, King of Mysore, on the understanding that a cavalry of 10,000 would attack Tipu's territory and the conquered area would be divided amongst the three.
11/25/1977John Lobo became the Director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 30/06/79).
5/7/1996Third and final phase of polling begins for 185 LS constituencies and 154 assembly constituencies; 55 to 60\% turnout was witnessed and there was widespread violence in Bihar.
5/7/1996Pieter de Carpentier, flemish Governor General of Dutch East-Indies, was born.