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Historical Event on 4/16/1959
Raurkela Iron Project's first furnace started functioning.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/18/1998 | Dr. A. R. Kidwai is appointed Governor of West Bengal. |
| 5/13/1648 | Redfort construction was completed |
| 3/31/1867 | Prarthana Samaj was established by Ranade, Bhandarkar and others at Mumbai in 1864. |
| 9/16/1916 | D. R. Samant, journalist and social reformer, was born at Ratnagiri, Maharashtra. |
| 1/18/1950 | Batubhai Umarwadia, father of Gujrati literature's English type and drama writer, passed away. |
| 5/4/1932 | Many are arrested as Congress agents picket Bombay post offices in celebration of Gandhi Day. |
| 9/27/1972 | Shri Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan, prolific author and first librarian of the University of Madras, passed away at the age of 80 at Bangalore. |
| 5/3/1913 | Dhundiraj Govind Phalke, more generally known as Dada Saheb Phalke, was responsible for the production of India's first fully indigenous silent four-reel feature film 'Raja Harishchandra' which heralded the birth of the Indian film industry. The film had titles in Hindi and English and was released on May 3, 1913 at the Coronation Cinematograph in Bombay. |
| 9/27/1760 | Mir Zafar was deposed and his son-in-law Mir Kasim became the Nawab of Bengal. He ruled till July 7, 1763. |
| 1/26/1988 | A Post Office was established at Dakshin Gangotri under the Goa Postal Division. (11-7-89). |
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