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Historical Event on 4/16/1918

Lalita Pawar, famous actress of Indian film industry, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/28/1921Prince of Wales inagurated Victoria Memorial Hall at Calcutta.
1/1/1903Sen also produced the first publicity films of India--""Jaba Kusum Hair Oil'' and ''Edward's Anti-malaria Specific''. He also filmed the celebrations of the Coronation of King Edward VII at Calcutta.
11/19/19971996 Indira Gandhi prize for peace, disarmament and development presented to Medicins Sans Frontieres, a non-government organisation, providing medical aid to the needy across the globe, by President K. R. Narayanan on the 80th birth anniversary of Indira Gandhi.
7/3/1997Tamil actor Sivaji Ganesan gets 1996 Dada Saheb Phalke award for outstanding contribution to Indian cinema.
8/4/1967World's longest and highest Dam 'Nagarjun Sagar' made by Masonary System was inaugrated.
12/1/1989Dr. Chenna Reddi (Congress-I) becomes CM of Andhra Pradesh.
1/18/1906Nirupam Chandra Ganguli, criminal lawyer and sportsman, was born at Bhagalpur.
1/22/1945The Indian 7th Division captures Tilin at Burma.
3/21/1939Gandhi calls on world to disarm, thinks Hitler would follow.
4/23/1987Supreme Court in a judgement confers Hindu widows absolute ownership of property under Hindu Succession Act 1956.