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Historical Event on 2/16/1923
Vishnu Moreshwar Mahajani, famous author, poet and playwright, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/13/1999 | The Government lodges protest with the Pakistani Rangers following the discovery of a tunnel near the Indo-Pak border. |
| 1/14/1993 | The Supreme Court absolves Railway Minister Jaffer Sharief of corruption charges in the wagon deal with Asea Brown Boveri. |
| 6/23/1987 | D. Chakraborty was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 02-07-1991. |
| 10/14/1980 | S. N. Banerjee, cricketer--one Test for India and 249 runs 10th wkt stand on tour, died. |
| 10/14/1980 | Taimurlang passed away. |
| 10/14/1980 | Alauddin Khilji captured Chittorhgarh after defeating Rana Bhim Singh. Before the capture, Padmini, the beautiful queen along with several hundred females, had sacrificed herself in fire (Jouhar Pratha). This whole battle was fought due to Padmini. |
| 12/10/1979 | Mother Teresa wins Nobel Peace prize. |
| 12/10/1886 | Ardeshir M. Irani, producer, director, exhibitor and founder of Star Films Ltd. Bombay, was born at Poona. His first film was 'Veer Abhimanyu'. |
| 11/27/1888 | Ganesh Vasudeo Malvankar, great social worker, educationist, writer and first speaker of Lok Sabha, was born in Baroda. |
| 5/8/1994 | Harikant Jethwani, famous Sindhi litterateur, passed away. |
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