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Historical Event on 4/16/1974

Dr. Sarvapalli Radhanakrishnan, former President of India, Philosophist and litterateur, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/4/1999S. Vijayalakshmi won the National women's `A' chess championship with a round to spare in Kozhikode.
1/10/1693Job Charnock, founder of Calcutta, died in the same city and he was laid to rest.
10/19/1954Nehru and Mao meet in Peking.
3/1/1908Tata Iron & Steel Company was the first steel company to be established in India.
8/11/2000Koneru Humpy was crowned the youngest British Ladies chess champion at the end of eleventh and final round in the Smith and Williamson British chess championship in Somerset.
8/11/1954Madireddy Venkateshwar Narasimha Rao, cricketer (Indian leg-spin all-rounder 1978-79), was born in Secunderabad.
8/8/1966India endorses the Partial Nuclear Ban Treaty.
5/9/1998Kirit Raval is appointed Solicitor-General of India.
2/19/1895Munshi Newal Kishore, great social worker, educationist, nationalist, philanthropist and a pioneer industrialist, passed away at the age of 59.
1/31/1986Shri Vishwanath More, famous music director, passed away.