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Historical Event on 8/16/1932
Britain instituted new electoral plan for India: to allow limited untouchables and giving them separate representation.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/3/1871 | Congress changes Indian tribes status from independent to dependent. |
| 5/31/1818 | Samachar Darpan, the first vernacular newspaper, was published in Bengali language by Carey and Marshman from Serampore. |
| 5/31/1818 | Genghis Khan, Monghol conqueror, passed away. |
| 7/20/1969 | M. Hidayatullah became the first acting President of India. |
| 12/11/1906 | Mysore Gururaj Vijayasarathi, cricket Test umpire for 13 tests from 1951-60, was born in Karnataka. |
| 12/28/1925 | Kasturbhai Lalbhai Shrenik, great industrialist, was born at Ahmedabad. |
| 10/11/1927 | Sarojini Regani, great journalist, was born at Secunderabad. |
| 2/5/1919 | Sitaram Kesri, veteran Congress leader, was born. |
| 12/30/1947 | India informs Pakistan and other dominion representatives that it has decided to refer the Kashmir issue to the Security Council under Article 35 of the United Nations Charter. |
| 6/6/1867 | Baba Kharak Singh, freedom fighter, was born at Sialkot. |
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