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Learn about the importance of April 16 in the history of India. Major historical events on this day, Famous Birthdays on this day and Death Anniversaries on this day.
April 16 in the history of India
Famous Birthdays on April 16
April 16 in the history of India
- 2001 – India and Bangladesh begin a five-day border conflict, but are unable to resolve the disputes about their border.
- 1919 – Mohandas Gandhi organizes a day of "prayer and fasting" in response to the killing of Indian protesters in the Jallianwala Bagh massacre by the British colonial troops three days earlier.
- 1853 – The Great Indian Peninsula Railway opens the first passenger rail in India, from Bori Bunder to Thane.
Famous Birthdays on April 16
- 1961 – Jarbom Gamlin, Indian lawyer and politician, 7th Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh (d. 2014)
- 1924 – Madanjeet Singh, Indian diplomat, author, and philanthropist (d. 2013)
- 1916 - Balbhadra Singh was the 12th ruler of the former princely state of Raghogarh in the present-day Guna district of Madhya Pradesh, India, and a former elected member of the legislative assembly. He became a Member of the Legislative Assembly as an independent candidate for the Raghogarh Vidhan Sabha constituency.
- 1848 – Kandukuri Veeresalingam, Indian author and activist (d. 1919)
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