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Historical Event on 11/16/1877
Ardaseer Cursetjee Wadia, professor, pioneer and innovator, died. He was the first Indian who was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society, London. He introduced lighting by gas and was the first to build ""INDUS"", a steam-ship in India in 1833. He also introduced sewing machine, photography and electro-plat
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| 1/1/1879 | Edward M Forster, English novelist (Howards End, Passage to India), was born. |
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| 1/19/1932 | Balgovind Jaiswal, educationist and author, was born at Mhow. |
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