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Historical Event on 7/16/1929
Indian Council of Agricultural Research, an autonomous apex national organisation which plans, conducts and promotes research, education, training and transfer of technology for advancement of agriculture and allied sciences, was established. It has 45 Central Research Institutes, 4 National Bureaux, 10 Project Directorates, 30 National Research Centres, 90 All India Co-ordinated Research Projects, 261 Krishi Vigyan Kendras and 8 Trainers Training Centres.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/16/1960 | Ganesh Chintaman Karve, creator of Marathi dictionary and author, passed away. |
| 5/5/1972 | Loknathan P. S., great economist, passed away. |
| 3/4/1996 | King of Bhutan arrives in India for a three-day state visit. |
| 2/21/1992 | Congress scores nearly three-fourth majority in Punjab Assembly elections. |
| 7/20/1903 | British to increase size of Royal Army in India. |
| 2/20/1928 | Abaji Narayan Pednekar, children's story writer, was born. |
| 7/28/1994 | Uproar in Parliament over the Government's rejection of JPC report. |
| 10/13/1967 | Vasant Prabhu, famous music director, died. |
| 5/25/1941 | Sagarmal Gopa, a devoted patriot and freedom fighter, was arrested in Jaisalmer. He wrote two books ""Jaisalmer Rajya ka Gunda Shasan"" and ""Raghunath Singh Ka Mukadma"" for which he was prohibited to enter in Jaisalmer. |
| 4/9/1993 | Lt. Gen. B.C. Joshi to be the next army chief. |
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