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Historical Event on 8/16/1923
Narayan Athavle, famous Marathi litterateur and journalist, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/29/1936 | Zubin Mehta, famous music conductor (NY Philharmonic), was born in Bombay, India. |
| 6/8/1997 | Prafulla Kumar Mahanta, Assam Chief Minister, has a narrow escape as a powerful remote-controlled bomb exploded in Maligaon area of Guwahati. |
| 6/8/1997 | Badauni Abdul Kadir, famous Muslim historian, was born. |
| 9/29/1914 | Japanese vessel 'Kamagata Maru' reached Baj Baj near Calcutta from Vancouver carrying Indian revolutionaries. |
| 11/5/1995 | Common Guidance test flight of Trishul successful. |
| 4/2/1993 | MP High Court quashes dismissal of BJP Government under article 356; the Centre decides to move the Supreme Court. |
| 3/26/1997 | Russia agrees to help India in developing a state-of-the-art integrated air defence system, even as the two agree to carry military cooperation into the 21st century during the visit of Prime Minister Deve Gowda. |
| 8/25/1888 | Allama Mashriqi, Muslim leader, was born. |
| 5/26/1998 | S. Chandrasekar, scientist, was selected for the Niels Bohr-UNESCO gold medal. |
| 6/1/1930 | First Indian luxurious fast train 'Deccan Queen' started from Victoria Terminus (CST) to Pune. |
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