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Historical Event on 2/16/1982

Sibnath Banerjee, great social worker and leader, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/5/1969Bapu Krishnarao Venkatesh Prasad, cricketer (consistent Indian Test pace bowler 1996-), was born in Bangalore.
1/19/1992Manvendra Mukherji, famous singer and music director, passed away.
9/1/1668Mumbai was handed over to East India Company by King of England.
4/15/1919British troops kill 400 Indians, who were demonstrating against the British rule at Amritsar for the forced marshall law on Punjab.
4/15/1919Rumi, famous Muslim Sufi poet, was born.
12/10/1761Maharani Tarabai of Pune died at Satara.(9 or 10).
3/9/1931Karansingh, politician, was born.
2/1/1917Samar Roy, cricket Test Umpire for 6 tests from 1961-70, was born in Bengal.
3/27/1977The government revoked the national Emergency promulgated on Dec. 3, 1971.
2/13/1998India signs two agreements with the U.N. Development Fund for a $13.75-million grant for food security and environment support.