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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
12/10/1918Rowlatt Act introduced by Lord Chelmsford.
2/3/1928Chandrasekhar Vaman Gadkari, cricketer (Indian batsman in 6 Tests 1953-55), was born at Pune.
11/27/1999BJP recaptures the Jaipur Civic body posts by winning 49 out of 70 seats.
10/31/1999Shankar Dayal Sharma, former President, is conferred with the Indira Gandhi Award.
1/19/1995Goa Cong (I) government led by Pratap Singh Rane gets absolute majority when 4-members of MGP merged with Congress.
7/25/1986Sikh extremist kill 16 Hindus in Muhktsar India.
6/9/1964Lal Bahadur Shastri became the second Prime Minister of India when the country was shocked of Jawaharlal Nehru's death and Indo-China war. Shastri gave the quotation ""Jai Jawan Jai Kisan"" which motivated the war-affected Indians to boost their morale. He remained in this office till he died on January 11, 1966 at Taskent. In his cabinet, Indira Gandhi served as Minister of Information and Broadcasting.
4/17/1799Srirangapatnam was surrounded by British Army in the fourth and last Mysore war which began in 1798. Tipu Sultan' was killed in the battle on 4th May. The East India Company announced the Seringapatanam Medal (1799).
8/9/1893Shivpujan Sahai, famous Hindi story writer and novelist, was born at Bihar in a middle class family.
2/8/1959The Report of the Committee of Parliament constituted under Article 344 (4) of the constitution was submitted to the President.