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Historical Event on 4/16/1903

Kalka-Simla Railway line section was opened for public conveyance.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/22/1887Srinivas Ramanujam, India's greatest mathematician, was born at Erode in Tamil Nadu.
11/7/1908N. R. Shede (Annasaheb), litterateur and editor, was born.
10/12/1991Sonia Gandhi declineed to contest from Amethi.
9/29/1971Cyclone & tidal wave off Bay of Bengal kills as many as 10,000 people.
2/27/1931Chandrashekhar Azad of Hindustan Republican Army shot himself to avoid British police arrest at Alfred Park, Allahabad.
12/3/1979Dhyan Chand, famous master of Hockey and Padma Bhushan awardee, passed away.
5/3/1764Mir Kasim, with the backing of Delhi Emperor, attacked on Patna but this weak Emperor was defeated by Britishers. Britishers became the rulers of Bengal, the richest province of India.
2/25/1920Balraj Madhok was born.
9/4/1962Kiran Shankar More, great Indian wicket-keeper in 49 Tests 1986-93, was born in Baroda.
9/4/1962Mahaprabhu Sri Chaitanya Devji alias Gaurang, Vishwambhar Mishra, Vaishnav Saint of Bengal, was born at Nabadwip in Bengal.