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Historical Event on 6/16/1946
Britain invites Indian leaders to set up an interim govt at London.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/29/1914 | German cruiser Emden shells Madras. |
| 8/26/1909 | Dr.Moti Chandra, great historian, was born. |
| 2/3/1929 | The ""Times of India Illustrated Weekly"" was renamed as ""The Illustrated Weekly of India"". |
| 1/20/1993 | Bindeshwari Dube, former Chief Minister Bihar, passed away. |
| 7/16/1917 | Jagdishchandra Mathur, modern Hindi playwright, was born. |
| 7/4/1989 | Union Deputy Ministers were promoted to the rank of Ministers of State. |
| 8/29/1991 | Second operational Indian Remote Sensing satellite (IRS-1B) launched by a Russian launch vehicle, Vostok. It is still in service. |
| 12/8/1985 | The first summit was held at Dhaka. (7 0r 8). |
| 8/10/1948 | Atomic Energy Commission established. |
| 6/6/1916 | Lord Kitchener, the premier soldier of the British Empire, passed away tragically last night as the ''Hampshire'', the cruiser on which he was traveling to Russia to boost sagging morale, struck a mine or was torpedoed off the Orkney Islands and sank, drowning all aboard. Life in London came to a standstill, while Paris and Washington were shocked by the news. In the last half-century, through tireless energy and devotion to imperial duty, Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 66, commanded in Palestine, Cyprus, Egypt, Sudan, South Africa, and India. Two years ago, he had become the War Secretary. |
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