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Historical Event on 12/16/1922

Parvati Devi, orator, was arrested for delivering revolutionary speeches in meetings at Hapud and Merrut. She was the first Indian women to get two years long imprisionment during the freedom struggle.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/4/1996Celebration of Platinum jubilee of B.Y.L. Nair Charitable Hospital and Topiwal National Medical College from 4th September 1995 to 4th September 1996 (CIVIC).
11/29/1953Benegal Narsing Rau, foremost Indian Jurist of his time, passed away at Zurich. He performed some very prominent duties towards the nation. He was Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir and a judge at the Permanent Court of International Justice at Hague.
1/25/1971Himachal Pradesh becomes a full-fledged 18th Indian Union state.
7/1/1962Purushottamdas Tandon, great leader and editor, died at Allahabad.
6/10/1955Prakash Padukone, internationally famous Badminton player, was born.
1/29/1939Ramkrishna Mission Sanskritik Sansthan (Institute of Culture) was established.
3/24/1990Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) was withdrawn in toto from the northern and eastern provinces of Sri Lanka.
5/18/1995Criminal Law (Amendment Bill, 1995) introduced in Parliament to replace the 10-year-old controversial TADA Act.
11/20/1981Bhaskara-II, India's second experimental remote sensing satellite, was launched by Russian launch vehicle Intercosmos. This provided experience in building and operating a remote sensing satellite system on an end-to-end basis.
4/12/1873Kumaran Asan, famous Malyalam poet and social reformer, was born at Kayikkara, Kerala.