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Historical Event on 8/16/1901
Shripad Ramchandra Tikekar, journalist and critic, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/1/1996 | Motilal Vohra, U.P. Governor, resigns (hawala case). |
| 9/15/1912 | Rusi Karanjia, journalist and publisher, was born. |
| 1/17/1601 | Akbar, after eight month's siege, entered Asirgarh one of the strongest forts in India. |
| 10/30/1947 | The government rejects Kashmir's decision to join India in Pakistan. |
| 12/26/1831 | Hennry Louis Vivian Derozio passed away. |
| 6/18/1918 | A. R. Rajrajvarma, famous poet of Malayalam language, critic and master of grammer, passed away. |
| 4/27/1906 | China, as suzerain of Tibet, has agreed to the terms of a treaty proposed by Britain. According to the treaty, foreign powers may not send representatives to Tibet, receive transportation or mining concessions, or occupy, buy or lease any territory in Tibet without British permission. The British want to prevent the Russians from establishing a protectorate over Tibet, which lies on India's northern border. Lord Curzon, Viceroy of India, failed in attempts to communicate with Tibet's ruler, the Dalai Lama. A British military expedition fought its way to the capital at Lhasa and concluded the agreement. |
| 8/11/1956 | The Lok Sabha passed the States Reorganisation Act. |
| 9/17/1876 | Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay was born in Debanandpur village. |
| 7/4/1933 | Mahatma Gandhi sentenced to one year imprisonment. |
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