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Historical Event on 3/16/1928

C.V. Raman announced his discovery of ''new radiation'' to an assembly of scientists at Bangalore.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/10/1979Indy Khabra, Soccer(Football) player, was born.
5/17/1996Rusi Modi, cricketer (736 runs 10 post-war Tests for India), passed away.
10/30/1924Word Saving Day.
1/1/1991Bhanu Pratap Singh, Karnataka Governor, resigns. Goa governor Khurshid Alam Khan appointed in his place.
8/16/1997Krishan Kant, Andhra Pradesh's Governor, elected as the Vice President of India.
2/10/1926Rajmata Krishna Kumari, social worker, was born at Dharangadhra.
7/25/1955Indian Government declared in Lok Sabha that Portuguese's were asked to close their offices in New Delhi.
12/25/1943Japanese bombers raid Chittagong.
11/24/1932The Third Round Table Conference ended in London. As Gandhi was in prison because of his civil disobedience movement he could not attend it. This conference ended without achieving anything.
9/7/1998Prof. K. M. Chandy, Congress (I) leader and former Governor of Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh, died in Kochi at the age of 77.