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Historical Event on 3/16/1880

Parshuram Rajshekhar Basu, famous Bengali writer, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/30/1989INS Shalki, India's first indigenously built submarine, launched in Bombay.
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2/2/1956The president inaugurated the Bhoodan padyatra led by Dr. Sushila Nayar.
8/4/1993Tarabai Bapat, daughter-in-law of revolutionary Senapati Bapat, died.
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1/5/1994Jnanpith Award was given to U. R. Anantha Murthy (Kannada).
9/4/1980Second Commonwealth Regional Heads of Government Conference in New Delhi.
8/9/1942Subhash Chandra Bose (Netaji) forms the Indian National Army in Malaya with the help of the Japanese. He inaugurates the Government of Free India at Singapore.
4/26/1946V. K. Ramaswamy, cricket test umpire for 10 tests from 1984-till date, was born at Hyderabad. He has become one of the first Indian Test umpires to be invited to umpire in a foreign country along with P. D. Reporter.
2/12/1928Bardoli Satyagrah (Gujarat) was led by Vallabhbhai Patel against the Bombay government's decision to hike the revenue on cotton by 22 percent while its prices declined Internationally. Ultimately the govenment quashed the hike.