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Historical Event on 3/16/1832
Sarfoji Bhosle, King of Tanjawar, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/18/1978 | Sardar Sobha Singh, famous builder of modern New Delhi, passed away at the age of 90. |
| 4/18/1978 | Sher Shah defeats Humayun near Buxar at Chausa and becomes emperor of Delhi. |
| 3/1/1903 | Pareshchandra Bhattacharya, former Gonerner of Indian Reserve Bank, was born. |
| 10/26/1890 | Martyr Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi was born at Allahabad. He was also the editor of revolutionary weekly 'Pratap'. |
| 1/10/1964 | Battles between Muslims & Hindus in Calcutta. |
| 9/11/1967 | China and India exchange artillery fire on Sikkim-Tibet border. |
| 2/8/1785 | Warren Hastings, British Viceroy, left India. |
| 7/24/1997 | Mahasweta Devi, Bengali litterateur, is recipient of this year's Ramon Magsaysay Award for journalism, literature and creative communication arts for her writings on indigenous communities. |
| 3/31/1986 | Bombay Telephone Nigam renamed as Mahanagar Telephone Nigam. |
| 11/9/1877 | Muhammad Iqbal, Urdu poet, was born in Sialkot (now in Pakistan). |
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