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Historical Event on 9/16/1931
Political prisoners Tarkeshwar Dutta and Santosh Mitra were shot by an officer at Hijli detention camp near Kharagpur. They were arrested for attending the Hijli meeting.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/5/1805 | Lord Charles Cornwallis, Governor General, died of ill health at Ghazipur in Uttar Pradesh. |
| 6/30/1817 | Dadabhai Navroji, veteran leader and industrialist, died. |
| 12/17/1910 | Keki Khursedji Tarapore, cricketer (0-72 in his only Test for India), was born in Bombay. |
| 3/24/2000 | Rupali Repale of India becomes the first woman and the youngest to swim the Robben Island channel-both ways. |
| 4/7/1935 | Shankar Abaji Bhise, famous Indian scientist, died. |
| 1/14/1641 | United East Indian Company conquers city of Malakka, 7,000 killed. |
| 1/3/1931 | Yashwant Dinkar Phadke, great critic of literature, was born. |
| 3/28/1916 | Ramkrishna Pillai, journalist and social reformer, passed away. |
| 10/17/1996 | President's rule reimposed in U.P. |
| 2/10/1916 | Revolutionary Sohanlal Pathak hanged. |
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