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Historical Event on 3/16/1928
C.V. Raman announced his discovery of ''new radiation'' to an assembly of scientists at Bangalore.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/3/1906 | Krishnarao Shiva Shelvankar, journalist and diplomat, was born. |
| 4/17/1675 | Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj attacked the Fonda fort and won Karwar. |
| 11/29/1953 | Benegal Narsing Rau, foremost Indian Jurist of his time, passed away at Zurich. He performed some very prominent duties towards the nation. He was Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir and a judge at the Permanent Court of International Justice at Hague. |
| 10/26/1999 | India is re-elected to United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). |
| 8/8/1905 | Dhyanchand, great Hockey player, was born. |
| 1/28/1894 | Anandibai Prabhakar Jayawant, famous Hindi writer, was born at Baroda. |
| 6/21/1948 | C. Rajagopalachari was appointed the first Indian Governor General of Indian union (21/06/1948-25/01/1950). After January 25, 1950, this post was abolished. |
| 1/16/1916 | Amat Debananda, politician, was born in Balani village at Orissa . |
| 2/17/1993 | Rani Gaidinliu, freedom fighter, social reformer and political leader, died at her native village in Manipur. The British army made a surprise attack on her position and captured her. On 17th October, 1932, Pandit Nehru once wrote ""A day will come when India will remember her and cherishe her"". |
| 6/27/1997 | Surendra Pratap Singh, famous Journalist and former chief editor of Nav Bharat Times Group, died ]at Delhi. |
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