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Historical Event on 2/16/1955
Maghnath Saha, famous scientist, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/13/1994 | United Arab Emirates lost to India in its first official ODI. |
| 9/12/1898 | Baldev Prasad Mishra, Hindi litterateur, was born. |
| 11/12/1984 | Rajiv Gandhi elected Congress (I) President. |
| 3/16/1999 | Amarjeet Kaypee of Haryana, during an innings of 148 against Madhya Pradesh in the super-league match at Rajnandgaon, overtook Ashok Malhotra's 7,274 runs and became the highest run-getter in Ranji Trophy. |
| 11/17/1973 | Mother Pondicherry, greatest teacher and religious leader, died. |
| 11/6/1997 | Chief Executives of public sector banks and Finance Minister P. Chidambaram, after a meeting in New Delhi, decide to grant greater administrative autonomy to select public sector banks. |
| 8/2/1984 | 32 people died in a bomb explosion at Meenambakkam Airport. |
| 6/11/1998 | Chetak helicopter of IAF rescued a Border Security Force Jawan stuck waist deep in quicksand. |
| 2/14/1996 | Supreme Court orders CBI probe into a housing scam in which 8,700 govt. houses were allotted out-of-turn. |
| 1/4/1948 | Burma achieved its independence from Great Britain. In 1989, Burma changed its name to Myanmar to reflect the multi-ethnic composition of the country. Apart from the Burmese, the main ethnic minority groups are the Karen, Shan, Mon, Chin, and Kachin. Just as the Burmese did against the British, almost all of these ethnic groups have struggled against the Burmese government for self-determination. |
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