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Historical Event on 9/16/1955

Leopold C. M. S. Amery, British minister of Colonies (India), died at the age of 81.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/2/1987Indian Standards Institution becomes Bureau of Indian Standards.
11/23/1897Nirad Chandra Chaudhuri, writer, was born.
8/4/1923Nagpur University started working.
7/12/200067 persons died in a landslide triggered by torrential rains in Ghatkopar, a Mumbai suburb.
7/27/1941Japanese forces land in Indo-China.
6/13/1973Sir Ram Nath Chopra, great professor of Pharmacology of National Drug Research Institute of India, passed away.
9/26/1904R. V. Jagirdar, famous Kannad play writer, was born.
3/3/1978Origin of Saka Era (India).
7/1/1952Olympic Games open at Helsinki.
11/17/1999India beats New Zealand by seven wickets to win the one-day cricket series in New Delhi. Saurav Ganguly adjudged the 'man of the match' and 'man of the series'.