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Historical Event on 11/16/1990
Allahabad High Court stays UP Government's decision to increase reservation quota for Backward Classes.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/23/1975 | Omeo Kumar Das, one of the great patriots of Assam, passed away at the age of 81. He selflessly worked for the tea plantation workers and made efforts to get them better living standards. He translated Gandhiji's autobiography ""My Experiments with Truth"" in Assamese language. |
| 2/17/1931 | Viceroy of India Lord Irvin accepted Mahatma Gandhi as leader of people and invited him at Vicregal Lodge (now known at Rashtrapati Bhavan). After the event, Winston Churchill, who later became Prime Minister of Britain, referred Gandhiji as ""the Half-Naked Fakir of India"". |
| 12/15/1965 | Maharastra State Agriculture Industry Development Corporation established. |
| 8/23/1995 | First ever cellular phone service begins in Calcutta. |
| 11/13/1917 | Gajanan Madhav, famous modern Hindi poet, critic and storywriter, was born. |
| 4/3/1857 | Queen Victoria declared as Queen of India also. |
| 10/10/1937 | Anant Bhave, famous Marathi litterateur and news announcer on Doordarshan, was born. |
| 7/26/1844 | Gooroodas Banerjee was born in Calcutta. He was a Judge of Calcutta High Court. |
| 4/1/1954 | French settlements in India pass under Indian control. |
| 9/20/1940 | Saroj Lalwani, journalist and printing press director, was born. |
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