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Historical Event on 1/16/1924

In a tragic ship wreck, Kumaran Asan, famous Malayalam poet & eminent social worker, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/1/1985Rajiv Gandhi concludes the first official visit to Japan by an Indian Prime Minister at Tokyo.
3/17/1999GM Dibyendu Barua and IWM S. Vijayalakshmi (both India) won the men's and women's titles respectively in the Asian Zonal chess championship in Mumbai.
6/1/1993Speaker disqualifies four Ajit group MPs.
7/5/1997Janata Dal splits. Laloo Prasad Yadav forms Rashtriya Janata Dal and Sharad Yadav was elected as the Janta Dal president.
1/16/1901Mahadeo Govind Ranade, eminent social worker and thinker, passed away.
1/31/1963Peacock declared as National Bird of India.
10/10/1998Uzma Khan and Nitin Kirtane bag the women's and men's crowns in the national tennis championships in Delhi.
3/27/1898Syed Ahmad Khan, great social reformer, educationist, journalist, leader and one of the most eminent builders of Modern India, passed away at Aligarh.
4/29/1979Raja Mahendra Pratap, great revolutionary freedom fighter, passed away in New Delhi at the age of 93.
9/15/1947Gandhi deplores the idea of population transfer.