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Historical Event on 4/16/1930

Baba Kanshi Ram, freedom fighter and social reformer, was arrested by British police.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/17/1999Indian men bagged bronze in the Asian team chess championship in Shenyang.
7/7/1799Ranjit Singh captured Lahore in Punjab from Sikh rulers.
1/18/1970Kishan Singh at Cuttack sets record for 50 Km W.in 4.19.48.
2/20/1994Government makes the first appointment under 27\% reservation for Other Backward Classes in Central Services and Public Sector Undertaking.
6/6/1962General Election ( 3rd) of India ends.
1/19/1697Maharana Pratap, the founder of Mewad and eminent personality, passed away.
10/2/1950Persis Khambatta, famous actress (Star Trek, Megaforce), was born in Bombay.
12/16/1960Ganesh Chintaman Karve, creator of Marathi dictionary and author, passed away.
5/9/1919Ram Kumar Gupta, great industrialist, was born at Delhi.
5/28/1968Bhagwan Gopinathji Bhan, was a mystic saint of early 20th century Kashmir in India. He has been called a ""jivanmukta"" (liberated soul) or ""Aghoreshwar"" and his spiritual state has been described as ""Shambhavi Avastha"" (state of Shiva), died. He was a great devotee of Shiva and Shakti and took intense "Sadhana". His disciples and devotees set up an ashram at Kharyar in Srinagar in his name.