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Historical Event on 5/16/1933

Shani, writer of novel 'Kalajal' and film 'Shaukin', was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/10/1996The marketing of Salman Rushdie's novel 'The Moor's Last Sigh' in India was cleared by the Central govt.
10/13/1978Maharashtra branch of Forward Block Party merged in Indira Congress.
10/13/1978Humayun died at Delhi. Two days earlier he had slipped on the staircase of a library being constructed at the Old Fort.
6/22/1948Emperor of India title was deleted from His Majesty the King of United Kingdom's titles.
1/23/1976Gautam Buddha's lost city of Kapilavastu was found in an excavation.
1/4/1892J. C. Kumarappa, a Gandhian by thought, was born.
9/14/1967US announces plan to give India $1.3 million to buy contraceptives.
11/3/1605Salim renamed himself as Jahangir and became the king of Agra.
1/24/1957Kagaz Ke Phool, the first Indian black and white cinemascope film, was made.
4/29/1960Pandit Balkrishna Sarma ''Navin'', famous Hindi poet of modern era, passed away.