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Historical Event on 6/16/1925
Chittaranjan Das, great freedom fighter, revolutionary, orator, poet, journalist and lawyer, died.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/24/1975 | Bounded labour system was abolished by Ordinance |
| 7/16/1856 | Ishwar Chand Vidyasagar, on the request of Governor Lord Canning, instituted a law announcing the right of Hindu widows for re-marriage. |
| 1/12/1949 | Tej Bahadur Saproo, liberal leader, passed away. He was a strong believer in constitution and not in revolutions. |
| 9/10/1993 | India and South Korea sign agreement to expand trade and investment. |
| 8/21/1978 | Vinoo Mankad, cricketer, died. He played 44 tests for India and had 2109 runs and took 162 wickets. |
| 4/8/1937 | R. Gundurao, former Chief Minister of Karnataka and senior leader of Indira Congress, was born. |
| 1/8/1927 | The first scheduled London-Delhi flight arrives after 63 hrs. Air Minister Sir Samuel Hoare is on board. |
| 7/2/1999 | Sahara India, sponsor of the Sahara Cup annual cricket series between India and Pakistan in Canada, withdrew sponsorship in view of the Kargil conflict. |
| 12/8/1875 | Tej Bahadur Sapru, great leader, was born. |
| 1/1/1980 | This decade was announced to be observed as the ""International Decade of Water & Sanitation"". |
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