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Historical Event on 11/16/1887

Padmacharan Patnaik, famous Orria poet, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/16/1921Nearly 700 Mopalh rebels were killed by the Gurkhas as they attacked the Pandikkad post at Delhi.
3/17/1905Narsinghcharya Purohit Tirunarayan Iyyangar, famous Kannad poet, music director and critic, was born.
4/6/1930Mahatma Gandhi picked up a lump of natural salt for breaking the 'Salt Law'. He was arrested at Dandi. This movement gathered strength and within a month about one lakh people were sent to jail. This violation of Salt Law was the second great step in India's Freedom Movement.
9/2/1992Delhi High Court indicts CBI in Bofors case; FIR and letters rogatory quashed.
3/10/1945Madhavrao Scindia, prince of Gwalior and Congress leader, was born.
9/30/1943Ramanand Chattopadhyay, famous author and journalist, died.
4/8/1992Congress (I) government led by Rajkumar Dorendra Singh sworn in in Manipur.
8/19/1757The first rupee coin was minted in Calcutta by the East India Company.
5/18/1988The ten-day Golden Temple siege at Amritsar ends with the surrender of 46 militant Sikhs.
7/25/1987Ramaswamy Venkataraman became the eighth President of India. He held this office till July 25, 1992.