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Historical Event on 2/16/1923

Vishnu Moreshwar Mahajani, famous author, poet and playwright, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/30/1996Centre gives its consent to Tamil Nadu government's decision to rename Madras as Chennai.
9/30/1981Pakistan Commando soldiers release 66 hostages in Lahore from five Khalistan hijackers and activists of the Dal Khalsa International.
7/29/1983First Pilot-less Aeroplane of India was tested successfully by the Aeronautical Development Establishment near Kolar.
3/8/1941Sir Jorge Abraham Gearson, philologist and archealogist, passed away.
3/17/1992Suburban rail fare increase cut; 20\% hike in first class, second class A/C sleeper and chair car reduced to 15\%.
10/3/1978Dr. Subhas Mukhopadhyay claimed the credit of India's first and the birth of world's second test-tube baby Durga Agrawal, who was born in Belle Vue Nursing Home in Calcutta.
10/24/1992Narmada, World Bank sets time to correct defects.
1/1/1914Dhirendra Nath Mukherji, social worker, was born at Bankura, West Bengal.
2/22/1854Kawasji Nanabhai Dawar started the first Cloth Mill namely 'Bombay Spinning Mills'.
8/10/1942Manju Bala Patil was shot on the road at Mumbai by the British Police.