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Historical Event on 3/16/1880

Parshuram Rajshekhar Basu, famous Bengali writer, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/16/1992Shankar Dayal Sharma is appointed President.
8/20/1995India and China decide to withdraw four army battalions from Chu Sumdurong valley near the Line of Actual Control.
5/2/195340 persons were reported losing their lives today in the first crash of a jet airliner in commercial service. The jetliner, a British-built Comet, plunged to earth in a violent storm just a few minutes after taking off from Calcutta. It was carrying a party of rubber and tin operators from Malaya to England. There were no survivors. Two Comets have crashed before, one last October and one in March, but neither was carrying passengers.
3/22/1977Janata and its allies gain absolute majority in Lok Sabha.
6/12/1996India's new prime minister H. D. Deve Gowda wins vote of confidence in the Lok Sabha and will rule as head of the United Front Coalition.
3/17/1997A Delhi court sentences former Union Minister Kalpnath Rai to 10 years RI.
12/1/1764Battle of Anvadi.
2/26/1915Pran Nath Chhuttani, great physician and teacher, was born.
1/25/1971Himachal Pradesh becomes a full-fledged 18th Indian Union state.
5/18/1972Kokan Krishi (Agriculture) University was established.