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Historical Event on 5/16/1946
Gandhiji's Cabinet Mission announces Plan.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/9/1877 | Utkalmani Pandit Gopabandhu Das, great freedom fighter, social reformer, educationist, poet, author, lawyer of modern Orrisa, was born in Puri District, Orissa. |
| 1/10/1964 | Battles between Muslims & Hindus in Calcutta. |
| 2/9/1898 | The Rower of Persia', a short film produced at Calcutta was released on February 9 at Star Theatre, Calcutta. |
| 6/29/1993 | 24 jawans were killed in ambush by NSCN militants in Manipur. |
| 1/21/1996 | Lakshmi Parvati elected president of Telugu Desam NTR faction. |
| 8/29/1947 | A conference of the Governor General and the two PMs of India and Pakistan with their military commanders to stop communal riots in the Punjab. |
| 11/23/1999 | Vinod Chandra Pandey takes over as the Governor of Bihar. |
| 4/30/1981 | C. R. Krishnaswamy Rao was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 08-02-1985. |
| 8/11/1997 | Hundreds travelling by Delhi-bound Rajdhani Express from Guwahati have miraculous escape as improvised explosive device planted by suspected Bodo extremists explodes on track near Guwahati. |
| 8/13/1954 | Nehru says dispute over Portuguese colonies in India must be settled peacefully. |
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