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Historical Event on 1/16/1966
Sadhu Thanwardas Lilaram Vaswani, noted thinker and saint poet, great orator, professor and prolific writer, died at Pune.
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| 10/22/1796 | Sawai Madhav Rao Peshwa II committed suicide by jumping from the terrace. |
| 10/21/1990 | Doordarshan starts afternoon news bulletins at 2 p.m. (Hindi) and 3 p.m. (English) of 7.5 minutes duration on week days and 5 minutes on Sundays. |
| 3/11/1963 | First Railway Engine was produced by Chittaranjan Railway Factory. |
| 1/2/1987 | Dr. Harekrushna Mahtab, great industrialist, leader and former Chief Minister of Orissa, died. |
| 3/31/1935 | 374 infants wed at a mass ceremony. |
| 2/12/1987 | Mahamayaprasad Sinha, former Chief Minister of Bihar, passed away. |
| 2/18/1911 | World' s first official airmail flight service with 6,500 letters and post cards was made between Bamrauli to Naini (Allahabad) on February 18, 1911. |
| 10/21/1950 | China invades Tibet. |
| 5/28/1997 | Former Union Ministers Arjun Singh, N.D. Tiwari, R.K. Dhawan and Madhavrao Scindia discharged in the Jain hawala case by special judge V.B. Gupta. |
| 7/8/1996 | T.N. Seshan, Chief Election Commissioner, wins Magsaysay award. |
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