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Historical Event on 1/16/1924
In a tragic ship wreck, Kumaran Asan, famous Malayalam poet & eminent social worker, died.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/1/1973 | India starts a drive to save tigers from extinction. |
| 5/10/1981 | The first day and night cricket match of India was played at the flood-lit ground of the Wilson College Gymkhana (Bombay). |
| 12/16/1770 | Ludwig Van Beethoven, greatest musician, poet and innovator, was born. |
| 12/1/1965 | Border Security Force was organised, which would be armed and trained to man the International Border with Pakistan. |
| 5/2/1985 | Banarsidas Chaturvedi, famous writer and journalist, passed away. |
| 2/23/1768 | Nizam accepted British supremacy and Smith Col. signed peace treaty with the Nizam. |
| 4/30/1998 | Sukh Ram, former Union Minister, decides to resign as a Minister in the Himachal Pradesh Government. |
| 6/16/1992 | P. D. Dhhavle, former editor of daily newspaper `Maharashtra', passed away. |
| 1/2/1932 | Sant Harchand Singh Longowal, famous Ragi and reluctant politician, was born in Sangrur's backward Gadarhiani village. |
| 11/7/1998 | The Kalidas Samman awards, instituted by the Madhya Pradesh Government, are presented to Tapas Sen, Akbar Padamsee, Shriram Lagoo, Pandit Jasraj and Kalyani Kutti Amma. |
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