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Historical Event on 8/16/1932

Britain instituted new electoral plan for India: to allow limited untouchables and giving them separate representation.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/22/1993Karnataka special task force guns down Veerappan's brother and righthand man Arjunan.
11/16/198966 out of 71 trapped miners at Raniganj rescued.
2/18/199247 die in Tamil Nadu's Kumbakonam Mahamakham stampede.
8/16/1991C. Achuta Menon, former CM of Kerala, passed away.
1/29/1996S.R. Bommai was replaced by Laloo Prasad Yadav as Janata Dal president.
12/7/1992Religious riots swept across India in the wake of the destruction of the ancient Babri Masjid mosque by rampaging Hindu fanatics in the northern Indian town of Ayodhya yesterday. More than 800 people had been killed and hundreds injured as Muslim and Hindu mobs stabbed, shooted and beat each other. The violence had thrown the government into chaos and had spilled into the neighboring states of Pakistan and Bangladesh. The army had been called out to restore order in Bombay, where street battles left 41 dead. The stock market had been closed down and Parliament forced to adjourn. Advani quit as the leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha.
5/13/1962Dr. Rajendra Prasad (1884-1963) retired from the post of first President.
4/24/1995K. Karunakaran elected to Rajya Sabha.
7/31/1938Khalid Anwer Ansari, social worker, was born.
3/23/1942Second World War was turning against the British and they needed the help of the Indians. So Prime Minister Churhill sent a delegation under Sir Stafford Cripps (Cripps Mission) to hold talks with the Indian leaders on the future of the subcontient in UK, which could not take place because of the non-cooperation movement and they left after a fortnight. They submitted their report in April 1942 which was rejected by the Congress and Muslim League.