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Historical Event on 3/16/1924

Bhupendranath Basu, great freedom fighter, President of Congress and fluent orator, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/24/1999India finish with 10 gold, eight silver and seven bronze medals in the Commonwealth shooting championship which ended in Auckland.
5/19/1954The Govt. of India constituted a National Film Board.
9/4/1862Kaminikumar Chanda, social reformer and politician, was born.
6/10/1984Top army commander killed in Bihar; Sikh troops desert unit.
12/15/195760 Harijans enter the Vishwanath Temple at Varanasi.
2/24/1786Charles Cornwallis appointed Governor-General of India.
10/18/1712Jeremias Van Riemsdijk, Governor General of Dutch Indies (1775-77), was born.
11/27/1778Joseph Lin flew upto 2,286 meters high with the help of a baloon.
6/29/1997Anand wins Frankfurt chess classic '97 title in Germany.
4/10/1997Announcement of UP's 70th new district to be re-named after Jyotiba Phule.