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Historical Event on 7/16/1905

A decision to boycott British goods was taken at Bagarhat.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/16/1905Alauddin Khalji conquered the throne of Delhi. In July declared himself as the Sultan.
11/5/1927Lord Irwin, Viceroy of India, met Gandhiji, S.Shriniwas Iyengar and M.A. Ansari Congress leaders at New Delhi.
11/9/1997Poonam Chibber, Miss Canada, crowned seventh Miss India Worldwide.
6/16/1946C. Rajagopalchari became the Governor of West Bengal (1947) in Interim Government.
1/21/1999Bal Thackeray, Shiv Sena chief, suspends his party's protest against the coming India-Pakistan cricket matches after an urgent meeting with the Union Home Minister in Mumbai.
1/8/2000Abhin Shyam Gupta and B.R. Meenakshi win the NSCI Grand Prix all India badminton tournament in Mumbai.
3/8/1998Indian Airlines operates two international flights with all women crew.
6/17/1961The HF-24 Marut supersonic fighter, designed by German engineer Kurt Tank, makes its maiden flight.
5/6/1861Motilal Gangadhar Nehru, great Indian lawyer, political leader and social reformer, was born at Agra.
9/20/1819Jose Custodio Faria (Joseph Stadio Faria), revolutionary scientist of Goa died.