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Historical Event on 5/16/1932

Hundreds die in fighting between Muslims and Hindus at Bombay.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/2/1928Nandkishor Bal, great Odia poet, passed away.
10/14/1910Further unrest took place in Lhasa, Tibet, following the arrest of Dalai Lama's agent by the Chinese on the Chinese frontier with India.
8/21/1991Gopinath Mahant, famous Odissi litterateur and Gyanpeeth awardee, died.
5/12/1993Lok Sabha okays extension of President's rule in the former BJP-ruled states.
5/29/1947Establishment of Indian Standard Institution.
3/22/1793Lord Cornwallis promulgated permanent settlement in Bengal and Bihar to fix the revenue amounts once and for all to be paid by the zamindars every year.
8/4/1967World's longest and highest Dam 'Nagarjun Sagar' made by Masonary System was inaugrated.
8/2/1891Padmashree V. P. Karmarkar (Nanasaheb), famous sculptor, was born.
5/30/1919Rabindranath Tagore returned back the honour as a protest against the Jallianwala Bagh massacre.
11/21/1962India and China declared a truce from the war in which India was badly beaten. Because of winter in China, they halted their advance into India.