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Historical Event on 12/16/1515

Affonso de Albuquerque, who is regarded as the real founder of Portuguese power in India, died at the age of 73 years.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/12/1932The 16,000-foot Shyok ice dam in the Himalayas bursts flooding the Indus Valley at Kashmir.
7/9/1969Sagi Lakshmi Venkatapathy Raju, cricketer (Indian slow left-armer), was born in Hyderabad.
2/11/199912 dalits are shot by the Ranbir Sena in Narayanpar village in Bihar.
10/10/1896Jananayak Debeswar Sarmah, freedom fighter, architect and nationalist, was born at Jorhat, Assam.
1/14/1946Two jetties collapse in Ganges; 160 Hindu pilgrims are crushed.
1/27/1967Delimitation Agreement for Warfare in space was signed by 60 nations in United Nation.
1/4/1972Pakistan proposed to talk after the war.
3/21/1995Lok Sabha passes Patent Bill by amending the Patent (Amendment) Act 1970.
1/19/1951Amritlal Vithaldas Thakkar (Thakkarbappa), social reformer of Gujrat and right hand of Gandhiji in socially segregated Harijans, passed away.
4/28/1986Malayalam film `Chidambaram' directed by G. Aravindan wins best feature film award and Shyam Benegal bags the Best Director award for the Hindi film 'Trikal'.