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Historical Event on 2/16/1955
Maghnath Saha, famous scientist, passed away.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
11/25/1990 | R. V. S. Perishastri, former Chief Election Commissioner of India, passed away. |
7/16/1909 | Aruna Asaf Ali, social worker and freedom fighter, was born at Kalka in Haryana. |
8/5/1991 | Leila Seth was sworn the Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court. She is a judge of Delhi High Court. |
5/20/1850 | Vishnushastri Chiplunkar, father of modern story writing in Marathi, was born. |
1/1/1994 | Hindu Heritage Endowment, first Hindu international trust, was founded by Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami. |
2/9/1917 | Homi Talyarkhan, great politician, was born. |
2/6/1932 | Veena Das, revolutionary freedom fighter, shot Stenly Jackson, Governor of Calcutta at the convocation ceremony of B.A. degree, but Jackson was afraid and bend down, thus the aim was missed. |
4/14/1907 | P. C. Joshi, famous Leftist leader and thinker, was born. |
4/20/1914 | Gopinath Mahanti, famous Oriya novelist and Gyanpeeth awardee, was born. |
3/15/1919 | Osmania University was established at Hyderabad. |
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