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Historical Event on 8/16/1922

Raunaq Singh, great industrialist and philanthropist, was born at Daska.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/15/1947India gains independence from the British rule and Pakistan emerges as a separate Islamic nation. Around 600,000 die in clashes during the subsequent population exchange of 14 million people between the two new countries.
11/8/1893Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu, great musician and professor, was born in Bangalore.
3/7/1934Nariman Jamshedji Contractor ""Nari Contractor"", cricketer (Indian batsman & captain) was born in Godhra, Gujarat.
3/13/1878The Vernacular Press Act was passed which subsequently made the Amrita Bazar Patrika of Calcutta an English newspaper.
4/3/1992Nagaland brought under President's rule.
1/2/1994Landslide win for GNLF in the Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council elections.
10/23/1992The dissident ministers of Bangarappa government in Karnataka resign
12/23/1964India & Ceylon hit by cyclone, about 4,850 killed.
8/17/1998The Government issues a notification banning the use of quinacrine, a controversial female contraceptive and sterilization agent.
10/10/2000The world's first elected woman Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike died of heart attack in Colombo.