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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
7/21/1975Hindi Post Guards was established by Government.
7/21/1975Don Francis-Di-Almeda of Portugal arrived at Cochin as Viceroy of India.
6/20/1911Dattatray Purushottam Karmarkar, veteran freedom fighter and former cabinet minister, died.
3/24/1981Bombay beat Delhi by an innings and 46 runs to win the Ranji Trophy.
9/25/1990S. S. Chauhan, one of the students who had suffered severe burns while trying to immolate himself in protest against implementation of Mandal Commission Report, died.
7/18/1987Arun Singh, union minister of state for defence, resigns from the cabinet.
6/12/1970Gopinath Kaviraj, Padmavibhushan awardee and critic, passed away.
11/30/1990Admiral Laxmi Narayan Ramdas takes over as Chief of Naval Staff.
7/4/1989Union Deputy Ministers were promoted to the rank of Ministers of State.
5/12/1998Yeltsin feels let down by the Indian nuclear tests but says that Indo-Russian ties will not be hit.