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Historical Event on 8/16/1923
Narayan Athavle, famous Marathi litterateur and journalist, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/19/1892 | Chintaman Vinayak Joshi, famous Marathi comedy writer, was born. |
| 10/14/1994 | Setu Madhavrao Pagdi, researcher and historian, died. |
| 1/15/1999 | Mi. Pa. Somasundaram (79), writer, poet, litterateur and associate of Rajaji, died in Chennai. |
| 1/19/1948 | India and Pakistan accept U.N. mediation in New York. |
| 12/10/1870 | Jadhunath Sarkar, history researcher, was born. |
| 8/6/1992 | A 30-member JPC constituted to probe the security scam. |
| 4/11/1937 | Ramnath Krishnan, well known Indian Tennis player, was born. |
| 10/2/1942 | Menka Devi, freedom fighter, was arrested by the police when she and her friends were carrying out Gandhi Jayanti procession. She was tortured with cigar butts and the administration set her house on fire. |
| 11/6/2000 | Buddhadev Bhattacharya assumes office as West Bengal Chief Minister. |
| 4/5/1663 | Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj attacked Shahistekhan at Pune. |
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