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Historical Event on 10/16/1959
National Council of Women's Education was inaugurated in New Delhi.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/2/1754 | Robert Clive again attacked and annexed Calcutta from Nawab Siraj-ud-Daulah. |
| 1/24/1921 | T. N. Raina, former Army Chief and High Commissioner of Canada, was born. |
| 3/18/1974 | Buddhadev Basu, modern Bengali poet, story writer, playwright and critic, passed away. |
| 11/27/1907 | Harivanshrai Bachchan, famous Hindi writer and poet, was born at Allahabad. |
| 2/12/1882 | Satyendranath Dutt, famous Bengali poet, was born. |
| 11/17/1928 | Lala Lajpat Rai died in Lahore after being seriously wounded in the barbarous lathi charge of 30th October. He is referred as the ""Lion of Punjab"" or ""Punjab Kesari"" and is remembered as freedom fighter, nationalist, educationist, lawyer, thinker, writer, social reformer, orator and a passionate fighter for the revival of the ancient Indian culture and |
| 11/10/1991 | South Africa's first cricket One-day international since 1970 vs India. |
| 12/30/1974 | Opening of the fifth Indian Film Festival. It was presided over by Satyajit Ray at New Delhi. |
| 4/26/1841 | Bombay Gazette begins publishing on silk. |
| 11/30/1988 | Cyclone lashes Bangladesh, Eastern India; 317 killed. |
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