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Historical Event on 3/16/1877

Nanalal Dalpatram Kavi, famous poet, Gujarati litterateur and Headmaster, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/1/194217 Indian Division's were withdrawn over vast stretches and the British evacuation in Burma was the longest in British military history. The Division was to subsequently extract terrible retribution from the Japanese Army during World War II and to destabilise the Indian Economy with forged notes of 5, 10 and 100 Rupees.
6/5/1984Operation 'Blue Star' was launched by Indira Gandhi. Indian commandos stormed into Sikh's holiest gurudwara Golden Temple in Amritsar to flush out the terrorists and other anti-government elements. Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and over 325 people were killed in the temple. Thus a great rebel arose all over the nation and specially in Punjab.
5/8/1996The governing Congress party is routed in Indian elections that have left no party with a clear mandate to govern.
3/11/1984India's first modern boas `Jalusha' started from Vishakhapattanam.
2/12/2000Ashok Shandilya wins the men's title in the National Billiards championship in Bangalore.
5/16/1945Prahraj Gopalchandra, modern author of Oria language, passed away.
8/12/1602Abul Fazal, Akbar's minister, was killed on the instructions of Jahangir.
7/19/1965Batukeshwar Dutt, great revolutionary, passed away.
3/26/1938Laxminath Bezbarua, great littearateur of modern Assamia language, passed away.
1/1/1992This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Space Year"".