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Historical Event on 2/16/1905

Padmabhushan Aliyawar Jang, former Governor of Maharashtra, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/30/1963The USSR openly louded Indian view on Kashmir issue. This was against Pakistan's motives.
7/10/1949Sunil Manohar Gavaskar, great Indian cricket player (opener, 10,122 Test runs), was born in Bombay. He has received Arjun Award (1975) and Padma Bhushan (1980).
7/3/1997Tamil actor Sivaji Ganesan gets 1996 Dada Saheb Phalke award for outstanding contribution to Indian cinema.
12/17/1972New line of control agreed to in Kashmir between India & Pakistan.
11/5/1930Arjun Singh, leader of Madhya Pradesh, was born.
3/7/199922 persons are killed and six injured when an AN-32 transport aircraft of the IAF crashes at Pappankulam near Indira Gandhi International Airport in south-west Delhi.
3/9/1998Vishwanathan Anand,Chess legend, wins the Super Grand Master Title.
10/15/1932First Indian commercial airliner service 'Tata Sons Ltd' started. (Tata Airlines)
9/30/199724th Stock Exchange of India set up at Trivandrum.
1/20/1972Manipur, Meghalaya and Tripura become states of Indian union. Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram become Union Territories. Assam's North East Frontier Agency (Nepha) was renamed as Arunachal Pradesh territory.