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Historical Event on 2/16/1962

General Election ( 3rd) of India begins.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/12/1686Aurangzeb ended Adilshah's kingdom. The garrison lost heart and surrendered Sikandar who was sent to the state prison at Daulatabad. Bijapur was invested and the city opened its gates to the Mughals. Bijapur as an independent kingdom ceased to exist.
5/29/1953Mount Everest conquered by Edmund Hillary and Tensing Norgay.
7/19/1763Mir Kasim was defeated in 'Katwa' battle by Britishers.
8/11/1922Manmohan Krishna, famous actor, was born.
11/30/1896Gandhiji sails for South Africa with wife and children.
9/14/1910Dennis Laurence Amo, merchant and industrialist in Maharashtra, was born.
4/3/1984Bombay beat Delhi on first innings to win the Ranji Trophy.
4/11/1992Marathi cinema's Bhaichandra Govind Pendharkar gets Phalke Award.
2/8/1907Madhavravji Golwalkar, sarsanghchalak of 'Rashtriya Swayansewak Sangh' (RSS), was born.
9/30/1916Jagan Nath Bhardwaj, social worker and trade unionist, was born at Chartgarh, H.P.