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Historical Event on 2/16/1982
Sibnath Banerjee, great social worker and leader, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/16/1982 | Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni passed away in his capital. |
| 1/19/1985 | Dr. P. C. Alexander, principal secretary to the PM, quits following the arrest of three aides in an espionage case. |
| 9/11/1906 | Gandhiji addressed a mass meeting of Indians at Johannesburg, where they took oath of passive resistance against the newly promulgated 'Transvaal Asiatic Law Amendment Ordinance'. |
| 4/10/1930 | Police raid the headquarters of the Indian National Congress, Bombay. |
| 12/25/1846 | Swati Tirunal Ramavarma passed away. |
| 10/2/1942 | Menka Devi, freedom fighter, was arrested by the police when she and her friends were carrying out Gandhi Jayanti procession. She was tortured with cigar butts and the administration set her house on fire. |
| 1/1/1969 | B. Sivaraman was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 30-11-1970. |
| 3/9/1990 | Lalu Prasad Yadav to form JD Ministry in Bihar. |
| 8/18/1896 | Raghupati Sahay ""Firaq Gorakhpuri"", revolutionary Urdu poet, was born. He was honoured with the highest literary awards, including the Sahitya Academy Award in 1960 and Bharatiya Gyanpeeth Award in 1969. His notable works include ""Ruh-e-Kayenaat (Spirit of Universe, 1945)"" and ""Ramz-O-Kinayaat (Suggestion, 1946)"". |
| 11/23/1997 | Nirad C.Chaudhuri, famous author, completed 100 years of his life. |
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