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Historical Event on 1/16/1924
In a tragic ship wreck, Kumaran Asan, famous Malayalam poet & eminent social worker, died.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/24/1997 | I. K. Gujral, Prime Minister, formally stated India's claim to permanent membership of Security Council at the U.N. General Assembly meeting. |
| 3/13/1992 | K. S. Niranjan, famous Kannad author, passed away. |
| 5/23/1995 | TADA expires and new Anti-Terrorists Activities Law proposed. Criminal Law Amendment Bill, 1995, voting put off; Lok Sabha passes Finance Bill 1995. |
| 11/19/1994 | Lt. Gen. Shankar Roy Choudhury appointed Army Chief following the death of Gen. B.C. Joshi. |
| 4/11/1937 | Ramnath Krishnan, well known Indian Tennis player, was born. |
| 12/1/1990 | Vijayalaxmi Pandit, first Indian Lady Ambassador and Politician, passed away at the age of 90 years. |
| 6/21/1941 | Chakravorty Rajgopalachari became the First Indian Governor General of India. |
| 11/14/1997 | N. V. N. Somu, Union Minister of State for Defence and president of The Hindu Office and National Press Employees Union from 1969, died in Army Helicopter crash at Tezpur in Arunachal Pradesh. |
| 3/23/1967 | Pandey Bechain Sharma (Ugra) passed away. |
| 5/19/2000 | A `civil coup' in Fiji ousts the first ethnic Indian Prime Minister Mahendra Pal Choudhary. President Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara proclaims a state of emergency. |
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