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Historical Event on 5/16/1933

Shani, writer of novel 'Kalajal' and film 'Shaukin', was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/8/1815Malaun of Nepal was captured by General David Ochterlony.
2/5/1986Laxmanrao Sardesai, famous Marathi and Konkani litterateur, passed away.
5/13/1971General Insurance nationalized.
3/15/1941Gorkha Rifles Battalion Group (INDBATT) unit was raised as the 4th Battalion, the 2nd King Edward VII's own Gorkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles) by Lt Col O'de T Lovett at Deharadun.
2/16/1933Surya Sen Masterda, revolutionary freedom fighter, who attacked the Armoury of Chittagong with 62 men of the Indian Republican Army and was underground on Jalalabad Hills, was arrested.
7/18/1998The Maharashtra Government bans the controversial Marathi play on Nathuram Godse, assassin of Mahatma Gandhi. It was produced by Mr. Udhay Dhurat.
12/5/1950Sikkim becomes a protectorate of India.
8/3/1998India's most sophisticated medium range surface-to-air missile ''Akash'' was test-fired from the interim test range at Chandipur-on-sea.
8/9/1952New Delhi reports that 20 mil. Indian peasants were imperiled by crop failures.
2/10/1926Rajmata Krishna Kumari, social worker, was born at Dharangadhra.