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Historical Event on 1/16/1938

Sarat Chandra Chatterji, famous Bengali novelist and writer, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/16/1921Nearly 700 Mopalh rebels were killed by the Gurkhas as they attacked the Pandikkad post at Delhi.
8/15/1990GOI declares Prophet Mohammed's birthday a national holiday.
12/31/1999This Indian Railway, carries more than 11 million passengers in a day, runs on more than 62,000 route kilometers and more than 1,07,000 track kilometers daily. This is the largest Railway System under Single Management.
8/8/1911Following the end of a heavy monsoon, parts of India were hit by a cholera epidemic.
12/20/1876Bankinchrandra Chattopadhyay wrote ""Vande Mataram"".
5/4/1832Darpan', a fortnightly magazine started publishing as a weekly.
12/14/1969Bishen Bedi takes 7-98 (career-best) v Australia at Calcutta.
11/12/2000Huge voter turnout for Congress Presidential poll. Seven top BSF and IAF officials die after their MI8 helicopter crashes near Lakhpat in the Rann of Kutch in Gujarat.
4/23/1959Peking Radio reports say that Chinese troops defeated rebels in south-eastern Tibet and have closed Tibet's borders with India and Burma.
6/9/1997At least 50 persons were killed and 5,000 families affected in a landslide triggered by heavy rains in Gangktok.