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Historical Event on 4/16/1918
Lalita Pawar, famous actress of Indian film industry, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/31/2000 | The Government announces appointment of Justice B. M. Lal as Chairman of the MRTP Commission. |
| 12/12/1959 | Dwight D. Eisenhower, American President, came to India. |
| 12/17/2000 | The 13-day nationwide postal strike called off. |
| 1/21/1970 | Harivinayak Pataskar, former Central Minister and Governor of Madhya Pradesh, passed away. |
| 8/9/1942 | Subhash Chandra Bose (Netaji) forms the Indian National Army in Malaya with the help of the Japanese. He inaugurates the Government of Free India at Singapore. |
| 10/20/1992 | Nirad C. Chauduri, 94, the Indian writer living in Oxford, made honorary Commander of the British Empire. |
| 8/23/1933 | Mahatma Gandhi was released from government detention in the Poona Civil Hospital after doctors warned that his fast was endangering his life. Gandhi, who undertook the fast eight days ago in protest over being arrested again by British authorities, weighed 90 pounds at the time of his release. There was considerable speculation over what the nationalist leader would do upon regaining his strength, but the common assumption was that he would be arrested again by the British authorities if he resumed his civil disobedience. |
| 9/17/1929 | La Fontaine, Air Chief Marshal D A La Fontaine PVSM and AVSM, VM, was born in Madras. |
| 6/1/1997 | Ghulam Rasool Wani, National Conference leader, kidnapped and shot dead by militants at Kaskot in Doda district, Jammu. |
| 8/11/2000 | Usha Mehta, great Gandhian, passed away. |
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