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Historical Event on 3/16/1945

Ganesh Damodar Savarkar, who was a revolutionary and brother of Swatantriya Veer Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/7/1986Lok Sabha passes Constitution 53rd Amendment bill conferring statehood on Mizoram.
7/12/1896Dangambarrao G. Bindu, politician and father of Hydrabad Liberation Party, was born.
7/26/1933Gandhiji went back to Sabarmati Ashram after his release from jail.
9/28/1991Shankar Guha Niyogi, an active trade union leader of Madhya Pradesh, was shot dead by unknown assailants.
1/19/1996Upendranath 'Ashk', noted Hindi literary figure known for his disputed writings, passed away.
1/15/1949General K. N. Kariappa became the first Indian Commander-in-Chief. He was the first Indian to reach to this post in Indian Army. In 1956, he was designated as Chief of the Army Staff - General, later Field Marshal. This event is commemoratively observed as Army Day.
3/22/1949SSC Examination system started.
10/2/1971Gandhi Sadan was handed over to the nation.
8/3/1954Atomic Energy Department established.
5/23/1923Nirode Ranjan Chowdhury, Indian cricket pace bowler (1949-52), was born in Calcutta.