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Historical Event on 2/16/1955
Maghnath Saha, famous scientist, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/15/1903 | Kumaraswamy Kamraj, great freedom fighter, social reformer, political leader and member of the Lok Sabha, was born in a trading family at Virudhunagar in Tamil Nadu. |
| 5/11/1970 | A bill for setting up of ""North Eastern Council"" passed. |
| 11/18/1978 | Dhirendra Ganguly, film maker, writer, director and actor, passed away. |
| 7/16/1959 | Suhridkumar Roy, famous geologist, died. |
| 7/6/1999 | The Indian High Commission staff member Yog Raj Vij, who was beaten up and abducted by Pakistani intelligence operatives, is released. India strongly condemns this assault. |
| 1/18/1942 | Gandhiji restarts 'Harijan' and allied weeklies. |
| 1/10/1839 | Tea from India first arrives in UK. |
| 10/26/1952 | Pakistan's first Test cricket win vs India. Fazal Mahmood took 12 wkts . |
| 9/29/1994 | Gulf nations suspend Indian flights on account of plague epidemic. |
| 7/5/1994 | Kiran Bedi, Delhi IG, wins Magsaysay Award. |
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