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Historical Event on 2/16/1923

Vishnu Moreshwar Mahajani, famous author, poet and playwright, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/2/1975India's First Spunge Iron project inaugurated at Vijaywada.
1/26/1981Sandeep Patil scores memorable 174 vs Australia at Adelaide Oval.
8/6/1920Film Censor Board at Bombay started working. The first film censored and granted a Censor Certificate No. 1 was a short film of 600 ft., produced by Gaumont Company and it was titled as 'Gaumont Graphic No. 963-964'. The Regional Film Censor Boards were also set-up in Calcutta, Madras and Rangoon.
7/22/1959Ananth Kumar was born in Banglore. He is a Minister in Vajpayee's Government.
2/6/195555 miners die in explosion in Bihar State.
1/15/1997Pakistan's pilotless surveillance aircraft intrudes into Indian air space for the first time.
5/21/1923Keshavrao Kothavle `Lalit', editor of monthly magazine, was born.
8/27/1994Indian soldiers and Muslim militants clash in Kashmir.
1/28/1895Shankarrao Dattatray Dev, veteran Congress leader, Gandhian and Sarvoday leader, was born.
9/17/1960Agreement reached with Pakistan on the distribution of the River Indus and its tributaries.