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Historical Event on 1/16/1924

In a tragic ship wreck, Kumaran Asan, famous Malayalam poet & eminent social worker, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/22/1995India and International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) sign MOU enabling them to visit suspected militants and persons in detention centres only under humanitarian consideration.
10/28/1997Cabinet permits RBI to issue rupee notes of 1000 denomination.
9/12/1686Aurangzeb ended Adilshah's kingdom. The garrison lost heart and surrendered Sikandar who was sent to the state prison at Daulatabad. Bijapur was invested and the city opened its gates to the Mughals. Bijapur as an independent kingdom ceased to exist.
4/7/1934Mahatma Gandhi suspended his campaign of civil disobedience in India.
4/7/1920Ravi Shankar Bhattacharya, renowned Sitar player (Sounds of India), was born in Banaras, India.
5/2/1998The Indian Army at Bandipura market captured 10.5 Kg Charas.
4/25/1998India protests against Pakistan raising the Kashmir issue at the first SAARC Information Ministers conference in Dhaka.
7/1/1930Vinodkumar C. Gupta, leader in Maharashtra, was born.
1/14/1969Madras State renamed Tamil Nadu.
4/19/1995Rajendra Kumari Bajpai appointed the Lt. Governor of Pondichery.