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Historical Event on 2/16/1905
Padmabhushan Aliyawar Jang, former Governor of Maharashtra, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/22/1992 | Lok Sabha adopts the constitution amendment bills regarding Panchayati Raj and Nagarapalika Bills, and decentralisation of power to the village level. |
| 1/14/1882 | Maharshi Raghunath Dhondo Karve, father of Family Planning and Sex Education, was born. |
| 7/22/1992 | The Supreme Court asks UP Government to halt construction in Ayodhya. |
| 2/21/1878 | Mother-Pondicherry, greatest world teacher, was born in Paris. |
| 2/4/1910 | New Press Censorship bill announced; govt. say repressive measures necessary to halt unrest. |
| 10/9/1877 | Utkalmani Pandit Gopabandhu Das, great freedom fighter, social reformer, educationist, poet, author, lawyer of modern Orrisa, was born in Puri District, Orissa. |
| 9/29/1981 | Delhi-Srinagar Indian Airlines Boeing 737 flight was diverted to Lahore, Pakistan by five Khalistan activists of the Dal Khalsa International. On board there were 117 passengers out of which 66 were freed on arrival in Lahore. |
| 9/12/1912 | T. A. Ramachandran, cricket Test Umpire of one test during 1948-49, was born in Tamil Nadu. |
| 12/29/1957 | 8,000 ton cruiser INS Mysore commissioned. |
| 8/6/1999 | Kalpnath Rai (58), former Union Minister, died in New Delhi. |
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