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Historical Event on 3/16/1945
Ganesh Damodar Savarkar, who was a revolutionary and brother of Swatantriya Veer Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/21/1988 | Sikh activist bombers kill 30 in Amritsar. |
| 12/27/1977 | The Congress party splits into two factions, one supporting and one opposing Indira Gandhi. |
| 3/12/1992 | A devastating wave of car-bomb explosions killed an estimated 300 people and injured hundreds more today in the large western Indian port city of Bombay. The first blast ripped through the city's stock exchange building, and minutes later a dozen slightly less powerful explosions rocked the bustling city center.The bomb attacks appeared to have been part of a carefully planned operation.The devices were clearly meant to cause maximum loss of life and damage to property. |
| 11/29/1952 | First international organization for birth control founded in Bombay. |
| 7/27/1927 | Krishna Baldev Vaid, famous story writer and novelist, was born. |
| 3/8/1998 | Indian Airlines operates two international flights with all women crew. |
| 8/15/1997 | IWM Vijayalakshmi wins Asian Zonal Women's Chess tournament in Tehran. |
| 1/14/1843 | Fakir Mohan Senapati, great writer and nationalist, was born. |
| 11/20/1917 | Ram Gopal, great Indies /English classical dancer (Blue Peter, Purple Plain), was born. |
| 12/23/1944 | U C Joshi, cricketer (Sussex off-spinner 1970-74 from India), was born. |
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