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Historical Event on 8/16/1886

Swami Ramakrishna Paramahamsa dies at the age of 50. His real name was Gadadhar Ghatterji. An Indian mystic, leader and saint, he preached unity of religions. Swami Vivekanand was his disciple.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/11/1993Laxmanrao Madhav Bhide, senior freedom fighter and history expert, passed away.
4/14/1990Over 90 persons killed in an Airbus crash in Bangalore.
5/1/1947Congress Working Committee accepts Partition in principle.
4/21/1993India announces establishing proof in Pakistan's complicity in Bombay bomb blasts.
10/18/19921,000 police personnel occupy the Golden Temple in Amritsar to keep Punjab separatists away.
6/9/1659Dara Shikoh was handed over to Aurangzeb's army by Jiwan Khan, a Baluchi whose life was saved by Dara.
10/5/1997Dr. Kalpana Chawla became the first Indian woman to become an astronaut. (year 1997 or Oct. 5, 1998)
9/27/199573 people died in a coal mine accident in Gaslitand in Dhanbad district, Bihar, when flood water leaked into the mine.
9/1/1915Rajindersingh Bedi, Urdu story writer and Hindi film story writer, was born.
3/29/1992The expert committee recomends an autonomous council for the Jharkhand region of Bihar.