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Historical Event on 9/16/1916

D. R. Samant, journalist and social reformer, was born at Ratnagiri, Maharashtra.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/12/1992The 350-tonne Buddha statue salvaged from the Hussain Sagar where it had sunk in 1990.
6/1/1786Madras General Post Office started functioning.
9/1/1978Air Chief Marshal Idris Hasan Latif, PVSM, became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 31/Aug/1981.
5/17/2000The Union Cabinet clears a proposal for setting up a new appellate tribunal for foreign exchange following the repeal of the FERA and the enactment of FEMA in its place.
10/22/1796Sawai Madhav Rao Peshwa II committed suicide by jumping from the terrace.
10/3/1991Ganpatrao Tapase, former Governor of Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, died.
3/3/1891Office of Superintendent of Immigration (Treasury Dept) created.
4/2/1980S. S. Grewal was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 30-04-1981.
6/23/1894Edward VIII, king of Great Brit/N-Ireland and emperor of India (1936), was born.
5/19/1982Elections for Assemblies held in West Bengal, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Kerala.