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Historical Event on 11/16/1887

Padmacharan Patnaik, famous Orria poet, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/14/199710th International Film Festival for children and young people ambles into Hyderabad atop Gajju, the delightful elephant mascot. About 125 films from 30 countries will be screened.
2/4/1934Madhusudan Das ""Utkal Gourab"", passed away. He was described as a great Indian patriot, who wore himself out is giving shape and reality to various nation-building schemes. He wrote a number of articles and poems both in Oriya, English and Bengali to fill people with enthusiasm and patriotism. He was the first non-official Vice Chairman and then Chairman of Cuttack District Board.
3/17/1995Congress-I in Arunachal Pradesh wins two-third majority.
9/24/1873Mahatma Jyotirao Phule established the 'Satyashodhak Samaj'.
3/22/1969The first public sector petrochemical organisation was inaugurated.
12/3/1948Surendra Pratap Singh, famous journalist and chief editor of Navbharat Times, was born.
1/8/1947Rajasthan University established at Jaipur.
10/2/1904Lal Bahadur Shastri, the second Prime Minister of India (1964-66), was born in Mughalsarai near Benaras in Uttar Pradesh.
4/11/1992Marathi cinema's Bhaichandra Govind Pendharkar gets Phalke Award.
11/5/1977Indira Gandhi arrested and released unconditionally. The External Affairs Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee addresses the United Nations General Assembly in Hindi.