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Historical Event on 7/16/1931

C. T. Studd, 69, died. He was an English missionary, one of the 'Cambridge Seven,' who worked on the mission field in China, India and Central Africa.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/26/1931Gandhiji was unconditionally released from prison.
1/22/1998Second Lieutenant Punit Datta is posthumously selected for the nation's highest peace time gallantry award, Ashok Chakra.
8/14/199315 bus passengers massacred in J&K.
5/6/1775Nanda Kumar, king of Calcutta, was arrested.
12/9/1658Dutch troops occupy harbour city Quilon (Coilan), India.
9/28/1965India-Pakistan hostility erupts into a war lead by Pakistan.
3/29/1977S. N. Mathur became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 02/05/77).
11/1/2000T. R. Prasad was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He holds this office till date.
9/21/1984National Bureau of Animal Genetic Resources and National Institute of Animal Genetics were set up. These institutes were initially located in the campus of southern regional station of National Dairy Research Institute, Bangalore. They were then shifted to Karnal in July 1985.
10/1/1995Hastimal Firodia, astrologer and industrialist, died.