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Historical Event on 3/16/1993

Bomb blast in a multi-storey building in Calcutta kills 70 people.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/1/1916Lokmanya Tilak roared ''Freedom is by birthright'' at Ahmednagar.
5/26/1931One hundred miners were trapped beneath a blazing mine. It was thought that there were unlikely to be any survivors in Madras.
8/3/1900Nana Patil, great revolutionary, was born.
12/12/1961Portuguese civilians are evacuated amid fears of an Indian troop invasion at Goa, Daman and Diu.
4/6/1930Mahatma Gandhi picked up a lump of natural salt for breaking the 'Salt Law'. He was arrested at Dandi. This movement gathered strength and within a month about one lakh people were sent to jail. This violation of Salt Law was the second great step in India's Freedom Movement.
4/12/1801Ranjit Singh proclaimed himself Maharaja of Punjab.
10/27/1999Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) in Madhya Pradesh splits.
1/6/1818Dominion of Holkar in India are annexed with Rajput states and come under the British protection.
3/10/1940Banwarilal Bhagwandas Purohit, famous leader of Vidarbha, was born.
8/20/1917Declaration of historic 'Mongegue'.