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Historical Event on 3/16/1880
Parshuram Rajshekhar Basu, famous Bengali writer, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/21/1947 | First Stamp of Independent India was released |
| 8/12/1897 | Major Gegeral Himmat Singh, Governor of Himachal Pradesh and Duputy Defence Minister, was born. |
| 10/14/1956 | Dr. Bhimrao Ramji, Ambedkar and about two lakh scheduled caste men and women embraced Buddhism in Nagpur. |
| 2/12/1997 | Parkash Singh Badal, President, Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal), sworn in as the Chief Minister of Punjab for third time. |
| 2/4/1991 | An abortive bid to hijack a Calcutta-Agartala flight by a 24-year old youth. |
| 2/21/1959 | Press Club of India was founded in New Delhi. |
| 2/7/1687 | Mughal army won the Gowalkonda fort. Kutubshahi came to end. |
| 6/22/1910 | Mohommed Hussain `Azad', great Urdu poet, eassy writer and critic, died. |
| 5/31/1988 | Dwarika Prasad Mishra, former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, passed away. |
| 2/21/1672 | A French squadron under De la Haye encountered a fleet of the Dutch, who were in hostility with the French, near Cape Comorin. |
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