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Historical Event on 9/16/1967
Tibetan, Indian and Chinese troops engage in fighting at Natu La pass on the Tibet-Sikkim border.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/18/1972 | First Indian Book Fair was organised by National Book Trust in New Delhi. |
| 4/1/1973 | India starts a drive to save tigers from extinction. |
| 9/12/1779 | Garibdas, follower of Saint Kabir and founder of 'Garib Panth', died. |
| 10/11/1991 | Resident Editor of Nagpur Times Ramnarayan Dube assassinated. |
| 12/15/1908 | Swami Ranga Natahananda, was born at Trikkur, Kerala. |
| 1/15/1973 | Air Chief Marshal Pratap Chandra Lal, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, DFC. retired as the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. |
| 9/4/1888 | Mahatma Gandhi left for London, England to study Law. |
| 1/31/1941 | Second Lieutenant Premindra Singh Bhagat of the Bombay Sappers showed an act of unparalleled bravery and inspiring leadership when commanding a detachment of 21 Field company of the Bombay Sappers on the road to Gondar, in Abyssinia. Hence, The Victoria Cross (VC) was bestowed upon him and he became the first Indian Commissioned Officer receipeant of The Victoria Cross (VC). |
| 7/10/1997 | Rafiq Sadiq, Congress(I) leader, escapes attempt on life when armed militants ambush motorcade near Achabal in South Anantnag, Kashmir valley. |
| 4/15/1956 | A combined army and police action against well armed Naga rebels. |
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