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Historical Event on 9/16/1932
Ronald Ross, bacteriologist and member of Indian Medical Service, died in London. He had also received a Nobel Prize.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/2/1998 | The Indian Army at Bandipura market captured 10.5 Kg Charas. |
| 4/23/2000 | Mumbai regains Ranji Trophy. |
| 7/1/1999 | K. N. Singh (70), former Union Minister and senior Congress leader, died in Lucknow. |
| 7/1/1999 | Chandragupta I succeeded his father Ghatotkacha at Patliputra. He is known for establishing the Gupta dynasty. Gupta era begins. |
| 7/4/1989 | Capt. W. A. Sangma appointed Governor of Mizoram and A. A. Rahim Governor of Meghalaya. |
| 6/15/1993 | PM Narasimha Rao visits Oman; India and Oman decide to give each other MFN status. |
| 3/29/1857 | Sepoy Mangal Pandey shot the first bullet of 1857 Indian mutiny in the barracks of Barrackpur near Calcutta against British Empire. This was the starting of the mutiny. |
| 9/15/1993 | Election Commission announces polls in the former BJP-ruled states of UP, MP, HP, Rajasthan and in Delhi and Mizoram. |
| 12/9/1946 | The first meeting of Constitutional Committee Assembly was held in Parliment after a gap of two years, 11 months and 17 days. The Congress started its work of framing the Indian Constitution. Muslim League boycott failed to prevent Constituent Assembly opening. From 16th August 1946, the country witnessed communal riots on an unprecedented scale. At this crucial juncture, on 20th February 1947, Clement Atlee the British prime minister, fixed June 1948 as a deadline for transfer of power and Lord Mountbatten was appointed as the new Viceroy. |
| 4/15/1919 | British troops kill 400 Indians, who were demonstrating against the British rule at Amritsar for the forced marshall law on Punjab. |
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