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Historical Event on 2/16/1923

Vishnu Moreshwar Mahajani, famous author, poet and playwright, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/17/1780Indian Governor General Warren Hastings duel with Francis to settle personal and official quarrels. Francis was wounded but survived.
9/28/1984First floodlights lit ODI between India and Australia held outside of Australia at New Delhi.
10/2/1972Broadcasting of Mumabi Doordarshan started.
10/31/1997Rushmi Chakravarthy makes it a double in the National hardcourt tennis in Mumbai.
10/27/1904Jatindra Nath Das, great revolutionary freedom fighter, was born at Bankim Behari in Calcutta.
2/16/1997Tribal militants kill 21 persons in Tripura.
4/10/1919Miss Mercia Sherwood, an English teacher, was assaulted by a mob in Amritsar. Brig. General. R.E.H. Dyer had given instructions to beat her.
10/30/1990Several people died and many injured as security forces opened fire at a crowd marching towards Ram Janmabhumi/Babari Masjid to perform 'karseva'.
10/30/1990Akbar, great Mughal Emperor, won Kabul.
4/18/1917Gandhi saw one of his testing grounds of Satyagraha in Champaran. He defied section 144 of Criminal Act.