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Historical Event on 12/16/1960
Ganesh Chintaman Karve, creator of Marathi dictionary and author, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/9/1949 | Kiran Bedi, the first woman Indian Police Service Officer, was born in Amritsar, Punjab. |
| 3/10/2000 | Nitish Kumar, Bihar Chief Minister, submits his resignation without putting his motion of seeking a trust vote to test in the assembly. The RJD leader Rabri Devi meets the Governor and stakes claim to form the Government. |
| 11/30/1999 | Prof. M. N. Sromovas, (83), well-known Sociologist in Bangalore, died. |
| 2/19/1919 | Arvind Gokhle, great Marathi story writer, was born. |
| 12/25/1949 | Dr. Hari Singh Gour, famous law expert, great social reformer, jurist, leader and educationist, passed away. |
| 4/22/1930 | Civil Disobedience at Dandi, 6th April 1930 and Civil Disobedience at Bombay, 7th April 1930, both documentary films produced by Krishna Film Co., Bombay, were prohibited by Censor Board on April 22, on the grounds that they were calculated to foster resistance to Government and to promote a breach of Law and Order. |
| 10/24/1995 | Total solar eclipse seen over Rajasthan, UP, Bihar and West Bengal, while partial eclipse seen in the rest of the country. |
| 1/22/2000 | India retains the golf title in the SAARC championship in Dhaka. |
| 2/1/1931 | Gandhi chiefs order campaign of civil disobedience to continue. |
| 9/23/1983 | Supreme Court upholds execution of criminals through hanging by rope. |
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