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Historical Event on 2/16/1931
Viceroy Lord Irwin meets Mahatma Gandhi for the first time.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/12/1994 | Vasant (V. P. Sathe), film critic, journalist, publisher and author, passed away. |
| 5/18/1775 | Warren Hastings expressed doubt of hanging Nandkumar. |
| 9/23/1980 | Indira Gandhi gains power to imprison without trial. |
| 12/6/1962 | India closes its consulates in Communist China. |
| 2/1/1988 | The first Congress of the Indian Dental Association begins. (28-1-88). |
| 3/4/1924 | Shyam Lal Gupt 'Parshad' wrote the song 'Jhanda Ooncha Rahe Hamara'. |
| 1/6/1847 | Saint Tyagaraja, great musician, died. |
| 1/31/1961 | Dr. Sri Krishna Sinha, first Chief Minister of Bihar, passed away. |
| 7/2/1999 | Sahara India, sponsor of the Sahara Cup annual cricket series between India and Pakistan in Canada, withdrew sponsorship in view of the Kargil conflict. |
| 9/14/1997 | Catholic churches in Kerala introduce the system of serving the holy Eucharist in the palm of the faithful instead of on the tongue. |
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