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Historical Event on 7/16/1856
Ishwar Chand Vidyasagar, on the request of Governor Lord Canning, instituted a law announcing the right of Hindu widows for re-marriage.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/31/1912 | Allan Octavian, great social reformer, patriot, lawyer, journalist and politician, passed away at the age of 84. |
| 3/29/1849 | Maharaj Dulip Singh left the throne of Punjab that once belonged to his late father Ranjit Singh and was then occupied by the East India Company. The Britishers had captured it after defeating the Sikh Army at Amritsar. |
| 9/16/1997 | Rajeev Balakrishnan sets 100m national mark in the ITC International Athletics meet. |
| 7/15/1992 | Lucknow High Court stays any construction activity near the disputed temple in Ayodhya. |
| 11/3/1900 | Sagarmal Gopa, freedom fighter, was born. |
| 11/20/1859 | Elfinstone, Governor of Bombay Province and historian, passed away. |
| 9/5/1997 | Mother Teresa, founder of Missionaries of Charity who was awarded with Nobel Prize (1979) and Bharat Ratna, died at the age of 87 due to heart attack late in the evening around 9:30 pm in Calcutta. |
| 1/7/1685 | Gerard George Clifford, Dutch director of East India Company, was born. |
| 8/3/1984 | Bomb attack at Madras airport claims 32 lives. |
| 8/3/1984 | Genghis Khan, Monghol conqueror, passed away. |
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