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Historical Event on 12/16/1770
Ludwig Van Beethoven, greatest musician, poet and innovator, was born.
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| 5/9/1933 | Gandhiji announced suspension of Civil Disobedience Movement for six weeks and called on the Government to withdraw its Ordinances. |
| 10/18/1928 | Roshan Harshadlal "Deepak" Shodhan, cricketer (century on Test debut for India), was born in Ahmedabad. |
| 1/24/1995 | 3,400 meter long tunnel at Barcem piercing through the Karmali Ghat in Canacona taluka on the Konkan railway route in Goa completed at an approximate cost of Rs. 50 million. |
| 1/1/1979 | This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year of the Child"". |
| 3/29/1963 | Siyaramsharan Gupt, great autor of Hindi language, died. |
| 7/18/1993 | Rail, road traffic disrupted. |
| 3/22/1914 | M. L. Bhowmik, social reformer and politician, was born Kailashahar, Tripura. |
| 12/11/1963 | Kewalam Madhav Panikkar, veteran politician and famous historian, passed away. |
| 5/21/1991 | Rajiv Gandhi, Indian Prime Minster (1984-91), assassinated by human bomb explosion plotted by LTTE at Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu, 40 km from Madras, at 10.20 P.M. |
| 8/20/1991 | Indian Oil Executive Director K. Doraiswamy released after 52 days of being in the custody of Kashmir ultras. |
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