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Historical Event on 11/16/1877
Ardaseer Cursetjee Wadia, professor, pioneer and innovator, died. He was the first Indian who was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society, London. He introduced lighting by gas and was the first to build ""INDUS"", a steam-ship in India in 1833. He also introduced sewing machine, photography and electro-plat

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10/18/1879	Branch of 'Theosophical Panth' established in India.
1/1/1950	Inauguration of National Chemical Laboratory at Mumbai.
1/3/1995	PM inaugurates 82nd Indian Science Congress at Jadavpur University, Calcutta.
1/6/1999	Shiv Sena activists dug up the Kotla pitch in Delhi with a view to prevent the Indo-Pakistan first Test which was to commence from Jan. 28.
12/23/2000	The Centre gives a green signal to West Bengal Government's proposal to rename Calcutta as ''Kolkata''.
5/17/1998	US President Bill Clinton wants India and Pakistan to sign CTBT.
5/17/1998	Guru Amardasji passed away.
1/8/1927	The first scheduled London-Delhi flight arrives after 63 hrs. Air Minister Sir Samuel Hoare is on board.
4/27/1705	Aurangzeb captured the Fort of Vagingera.
8/1/1846	Dwarkanath Tagore, a Hindu philanthropist, died in London.

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