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Historical Event on 2/16/1932

Sibnath Banerjee, trade union movement leader, passed away. He founded several organisation like Congress Socialist Party, A.I.T.U.C. and Hind Mazdoor Sabha, etc.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/14/1636Aurangzeb was appointed as Shahjahan by Viceroy of Deccan.
4/1/1985Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture was established during the 7th Plan period. The Institute started functioning independently since April 1987. The Headquarters of the Institute are located in Chennai with field and farm facilities at Muttukadu and three Research Centres at Kakdwip(West Bengal), Puri(Orissa) and Narakkal (Kerala).
12/23/1972Chandrasekhar takes 8-79 India v England at Delhi.
2/23/1962Union government sets up an Indian National Committee for Space Research (INCOSPAR) formed by the Department of Atomic Energy and work on Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS) started.
8/18/1900Vijayalakshmi Pandit, first woman President of U.N.O. General Assembly, was born.
12/27/1926Imperial Airways announces the first scheduled air service to India from New Year in UK.
7/7/1917Ram Subhagsingh, great politician and former Rail Minister, was born.
11/15/1913Ravindranath Tagore (1861-1941), received the message that he was awarded with Noble Prize in literature for his collection of poems ""Gitanjali"" . He was the first Indian to be awarded with Nobel Prize. (13 or 15)
8/11/2000Usha Mehta, great Gandhian, passed away.
8/11/2000Sikandar Sur was compelled to surrender Mankot in Punjab.