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Historical Event on 11/16/1887

Padmacharan Patnaik, famous Orria poet, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/2/1858British parliament passed the act to handover the administration of India to British Government from East India Company. After the occasion, the Supreme British ruler in India was called as 'Viceroy'.
8/2/1858Saint Chokhoba passed away.
5/19/1993Government decides to merge Vayudut with Indian Airlines.
12/14/1864Jagat Narayan, law expert and educationist, was born.
2/11/1935Lalita Narhar Bapat, famous marathi novelist, was born.
2/11/1935Guru Angad, Sikh Guru, was born.
7/19/1925Dinesh Singh, freedom fighter and politician, was born at Kalakankar (U.P).
12/4/1993Mulayam Singh Yadav, takes over as CM of UP; Bhairon Singh Sekhawat of Congress sworn in as CM of Rajasthan.
1/21/1963Acharaya Shivpujan Sahai, famous Hindi writer, poet and novelist, died. He was editor of Hindi journals like ""Marwari Sudhar"", ""Samanwaya"", ""Adarsh"" etc. He wrote 400 short stories and 67 biographies. His novel ""Dehati Dunia"" is acclaimed as first regional novel in Hindi.
3/4/1996India and EU agree on a plan to boost trade ties.