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Historical Event on 8/16/1922

Raunaq Singh, great industrialist and philanthropist, was born at Daska.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/6/1962India closes its consulates in Communist China.
4/13/1972Balraj Sahani, famous film actor, passed away.
7/7/197378 drowned as flash flood sweeped a bus into a river (India).
12/4/1982Asian Games at Delhi concluded.
1/8/1925Mohan Rakesh, veteran Hindi playright, was born. His noted books are ""Aadhe Adhure"" and ""Aashaad Ka Ek Din"".
3/16/1995K. Karunakaran resigns as CM of Kerala; Finance Minister presents Central Budget.
9/24/1997I. K. Gujral, Prime Minister, formally stated India's claim to permanent membership of Security Council at the U.N. General Assembly meeting.
1/17/1989Colonel J. K. Bajaj was the first Indian to reach the geographic South Pole.
2/12/1996Former Union Minister Kalpanath Rai sent to Tihai jail for allegedly harbouring members of mafia don Dawood Ibrahim's gang.
2/18/1665The Portuguese handover Mumbai island to England.