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Historical Event on 9/16/1916
D. R. Samant, journalist and social reformer, was born at Ratnagiri, Maharashtra.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/12/1978 | India's first double decker train was started between Victoria Terminus (CST) and Pune which beared the name as ""Janta Express"", which is now known under the name of Shivaji's fort as ""Singhgarh Express"". |
| 1/25/1948 | French India Peoples' Convention, Pondicherry, passed a resolution for complete merger of the French India with the Dominion of India. - G. V. Mavlankar was elected the first Speaker of the Indian Parliament. |
| 6/20/1979 | Renedy Singh, Indian Soccer(Football) player, was born in Manipur. |
| 10/24/1966 | Yugoslavia, UAR call on the US at New Delhi to stop bombing of North Vietnam. |
| 3/24/1974 | Lokprabha weekly started its publication. |
| 10/14/1919 | Raghu Karmkar, famous cinephotographer, was born. |
| 7/13/1929 | Jatindranath Das started fast strike. |
| 5/8/1992 | Eighth Plan outlay increased to Rs. 7,98,000 crores; Public Sector outlay goes up to 45\%. |
| 5/13/1967 | Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888-1975) retired from the post of second President. |
| 12/20/1999 | The Government rejects underworld don Dawood Ibrahim's conditional offer to surrender. |
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