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Historical Event on 8/16/1923

Narayan Athavle, famous Marathi litterateur and journalist, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/29/1930Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru is sent back to prison for two yearrs following a speech he made at Allahabad the day after his release from jail.
9/30/1990Former Dy PM Devilal submits his letter of resignation.
4/5/1989Pannalal Patel, great Gujrati litterateur, died.
3/9/1836Navalram Lakshmiram Pandya, famous writer and Gujrati critic , was born.
9/4/1997Madhavrao Scindia, Tariq Anwar, Meira Kumar, Oscar Fernandes and R. R. Dhawan appointed AICC general-secretaries by party president Sitaram Kesri.
2/21/1973V. R. Sonalkar was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 31-07-1974.
10/6/1998Railways wins the BOB-Senior National Hockey championship for women defeating Haryana in the final at Chennai.
3/3/1930Untouchable people fought to enter the temple of 'Kala Rama' at Nasik.
6/18/1978The Karakoram Highway, linking Gilgit in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir with Sinkiang in China, is opened.
4/10/1931Balasaheb Vikhe Patil, who worked in the region of Sahkar and Education, was born.