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Historical Event on 1/16/1966
Sadhu Thanwardas Lilaram Vaswani, noted thinker and saint poet, great orator, professor and prolific writer, died at Pune.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/7/1922 | Britain threatens crackdown in India to combat Gandhi's civil disobedience campaign. |
| 8/17/1970 | The first microwave link, which was set up without foreign assistance, was commissioned between Asansol, Dhanbad and Ranchi. |
| 9/28/1929 | Lata Mangeshkar, great playback singer, was born. |
| 9/28/1929 | Guru Arjun Dev, Sikh Guru, was born. |
| 3/28/1994 | Leaders attack trade protectionism. |
| 5/20/1750 | Tipu Sultan, tiger of Mysore, was born. He was the son of Hyder Ali and born at Devanhalli village near Bangalore. Hyder Ali named his son after a great Sufi saint namely Tipu Mastan Aulia. Tipu Sultan was a great revolutionary freedom fighter, social reformer, musician and architect. |
| 12/22/1853 | Saradamoni Devi was born in Jairambati of Hooghly district. |
| 3/30/1993 | S. M. Pandit, famous painter, passed away. |
| 11/25/2000 | Karnataka and Tamil Nadu Governments agree on a ""unified command'' for the STF operations against Veerappa |
| 7/18/1857 | The Calcutta, Mumbai and Madras Universities were established. |
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