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Historical Event on 11/16/1860
First group of Indian worker's reached Natal, South Africa.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/22/1986 | Indira Gandhi Rajbhasha Awards instituted. |
| 2/2/1835 | Thomas Babington Macaulay westernises education in India. English is made official government and court language and as medium of instruction. |
| 10/4/1953 | India elected to the UN Trusteeship Council. |
| 2/7/1975 | Banke Bihar, mystery and religious story writer, passed away. |
| 12/3/1882 | Nandalal Bose, great Indian painter and master, was born in Bengal. |
| 10/16/1971 | David Jude Johnson, cricketer (Karnataka fast bowler, India 1996), was born in Arasikere. |
| 6/16/1920 | Hemant Chaudhary, famous singer and music director, was born. |
| 11/27/1976 | Gajanan Tryambak Madkholkar, famous journalist, novelist and critic, passed away. |
| 10/28/2000 | The Royal Canadian Mounted police arrest two Sikhs, Ripudaman Singh Malik (53) and Ajaib Singh Bagri (51), in Vancouver in connection with the downing of Air India Boeing 747 en route from Canada to London in 1985. |
| 3/15/1920 | Ranganandhan Francis, field hockey (Olympic-gold-1948, 52, 56), was born. |
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