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Historical Event on 3/16/1945
Ganesh Damodar Savarkar, who was a revolutionary and brother of Swatantriya Veer Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/14/1944 | Blast in ammunition loaded on 1,318 tonned freighter 'S. S. Fort Stikine' which was anchored in Victoria Dock at Bombay. The explosion killed 1376 people, wrecking 27 ships and destroying 40,000 tons of food. |
| 2/2/1996 | Doordarshan Kendra was inagurated at Port Blair. |
| 3/3/1919 | Hari Narayan Apte, famous Marathi novelist, passed away. |
| 10/25/2000 | The BJP Legislature Party in UP elects Rajnath Singh its leader. |
| 4/29/1909 | Tukdoji Maharaj, social reformer, modern Saint and poet, was born at Yavli in Amravati district, Maharashtra. |
| 1/18/1999 | Gul Panag (20) from Delhi was crowned Femina Miss India Universe at the Miss India 1999 beauty pageant in Pune. |
| 9/8/1910 | Saint Shri Gajanan Maharaj died. |
| 2/13/1989 | Aubrey Menen (76), Renowned writer, passed away in Kerala. |
| 8/14/1947 | Pakistan was partitioned from India. Gandhiji hailed the following day as one of rejoicing for deliverance from British bondage. |
| 8/12/1997 | Bar Council of India debars full-time law teachers from practising as lawyers. |
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