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Historical Event on 11/16/1860

First group of Indian worker's reached Natal, South Africa.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/23/1929The Fate of the Outlaw', a 7-reel film produced by Majestic Film Co. was prohibited by the Board of Censors, Bombay, on April 23 on the grounds that the film glorifieds crime.
3/25/1933Vasantrao Gowarikar, space scientist, was born.
11/18/1901V. Shantaram alias Shantaram Rajaram Vankudre, famous film maker and actor (Chitrapat Maharashi), was born.
2/13/1719Jahandar Shah was strangled to death and the Sayyid brothers were killed soon after.
9/17/1938Dilip Purushottam Chitre, famous Marathi poet, story writer, critic and Sahitya Academy awardee, was born.
12/25/1994Giani Zail Singh, former President of India, died in Chandigarh at the age of 78.
9/30/1687Aurangzeb acquired the famous Golconda fort near Hyderabad from the Qutub Shahi Sultan Tana Shah due to the treachery of his General Panni.
9/11/1954Ram Naresh, editor and Hindi author, was born.
11/24/1952Brijesh Parsuram Patel, cricketer (Indian batsman 1974-77), was born in Baroda.
1/23/1909New direct 7,000-mile telegraphic link with India is hailed as a great achievement at London.