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Historical Event on 2/16/1931
Viceroy Lord Irwin meets Mahatma Gandhi for the first time.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/23/1897 | Nirad Chandra Chaudhuri, writer, was born. |
| 11/21/1971 | Rebellion in East Pakistan (formerly Bengal). Ten million Bengalis flee to India. Indo-Pak border clashes escalate to war. India defeats West Pakistan. E. Pakistan becomes independent Bangladesh. |
| 9/28/1929 | Lata Mangeshkar, great playback singer, was born. |
| 7/5/1658 | Aurangzeb arrested Murad. |
| 4/2/1954 | Nehru calls for a halt to the build up of nuclear weapons. |
| 7/25/1992 | K. Madhavan, CBI Jt. Director looking into the security scam, resigns. |
| 9/16/1973 | Abasaheb Mujumdar, great musician, died. |
| 3/1/1916 | Habib Rahman, great Architect, was born at Calcutta. |
| 4/8/1992 | Congress (I) government led by Rajkumar Dorendra Singh sworn in in Manipur. |
| 6/22/1910 | Mohommed Hussain `Azad', great Urdu poet, eassy writer and critic, died. |
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