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Historical Event on 2/16/1896
Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala', great Hindi poet, litterateur, writer, social worker and editor, was born.
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| 6/1/1998 | The Prasar Bharati Bill is introduced in the Lok Sabha to revive the Prasar Bharati Act, 1990. |
| 9/22/1991 | Durga Khote, film actress and Dadasaheb Phalke awardee, died at the age of 86 years. |
| 5/1/1995 | 60 killed as Madras-Kanyakumari Express collides with a goods train at Danishpet. |
| 5/1/1995 | Saint Narhari Sonar, a poet-saint of the Varkari smanaj and goldsmith (sonar) from Maharashtra had taken Samadhi. His transition from a staunch Shaiva to a Vithoba-worshipping Varkari, after a miracle that makes him realize that Vithoba and Shiva are one and the same. |
| 11/24/1941 | Indian infantry attacks German tanks at Sidi Omar. |
| 11/23/1999 | Vinod Chandra Pandey takes over as the Governor of Bihar. |
| 4/16/1918 | Spike Milligan, famous actor and comedian (Digby, 3 Musketeers), was born in India. |
| 3/3/1871 | Congress changes Indian tribes status from independent to dependent. |
| 10/15/1996 | Dengue fever in Delhi takes 156 lives. |
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