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Historical Event on 2/16/1911

Bhalchandra Gopal Bapat, newspaper editor and educationalist, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/21/1933Annie Besant, great social worker and founder of Home Rule Movement, passed away.
8/7/1991India successfully launches Prithvi-III, surface-to-air missile from Sriharikota.
12/27/1926Imperial Airways announces the first scheduled air service to India from New Year in UK.
8/6/1932Ramsay McDonald came out with his 'Communal Award' to fix seats for the various communities in the provincial legislatures.
3/13/1878The Vernacular Press Act was passed which subsequently made the Amrita Bazar Patrika of Calcutta an English newspaper.
8/18/2000The Supreme Court rejects a petition filed by former Navy chief Vishnu Bhagwat challenging his dismissal from service and the consequent direction stripping him of the title Admiral.
1/22/1998Second Lieutenant Punit Datta is posthumously selected for the nation's highest peace time gallantry award, Ashok Chakra.
9/9/2000Venus Williams wins the women's singles in the U.S. Open championship.
2/3/1988INS Chakra was inducted in the Indian Navy when the first Soviet SSN Victor 1 class nuclear propelled submarine and India joined the maritime nuclear powers.
10/11/1991Resident Editor of Nagpur Times Ramnarayan Dube assassinated.