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Historical Event on 1/16/1896

Jaideva Singh, famous musician and educationist, was born Shohratgarh, U.P.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/26/1911Prat Kumar Sinha, cricket Test empire for 2 tests from 1948-53, was born in Bengal.
8/29/1995National Sports Day declared.
7/20/1905First Partition of Bengal, which was proposed by Lord Curzon, was accepted by British Government's Minister of India.
7/26/1923Mukeshchandra Mathur, famous playback singer, was born.
10/24/1934Mahatma Gandhi quits Indian Indian National Congress in struggle over tactics.
3/29/1954Indian Institute of Public Administration inaugurated.
3/7/1961Govind Ballabh Pant passed away. He had served eight years as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. He was bestowed with Bharat Ratna in 1959.
9/30/1687Aurangzeb acquired the famous Golconda fort near Hyderabad from the Qutub Shahi Sultan Tana Shah due to the treachery of his General Panni.
2/14/2000The Supreme Court stays the Karnataka High Court judgment quashing the State Government's Ashraya scheme for providing plots to the poor.
3/20/1926For the first time in the history of the competition, Scotland beats England for rugby's Calcutta Cup in London.