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Historical Event on 7/16/1959
Suhridkumar Roy, famous geologist, died.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/6/1955 | 55 miners die in explosion in Bihar State. |
| 10/24/1984 | First Metro Train (Underground Train) in India started between Esplanade and Bhowanipore in Calcutta city. |
| 10/19/1954 | Nehru and Mao meet in Peking. |
| 5/5/1903 | Tirupur Subramaniam Avinashilingam Chettiar, freedom fighter, educationist and politician, was born at Tirupur (Tamil Nadu). |
| 4/13/1796 | The first elephant was brought to America from Bengal, India. |
| 6/28/1924 | Jamshedji Framji Madan ( J. F. Madan ), founder of Madan & Co. and Parsi Theatrical Company, passed away on June 28 at Calcutta. |
| 5/3/1945 | Hurricane-equipped squadrons played a major role in the Arakan offensive which began in December 1944, disrupting the enemy's lines of communication and constantly harrying the Japanese forces until victory was achieved with the re-occupation of Rangoon. |
| 4/1/1969 | India's first Atomic Energy Reactor started at Tarapore. |
| 8/2/1980 | Ramshankar Baij, great sculptor, died. |
| 12/20/1931 | Leela Nag (Leela Roy), freedom fighter and editor of Jayshri, was arrested in Bengal for her association with ""Depali Sangh"" who supported Chatgang Ammunition Plot against the Bengal Government. |
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