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Historical Event on 9/16/1916

D. R. Samant, journalist and social reformer, was born at Ratnagiri, Maharashtra.

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12/20/1978Riots in many Indian cities in protest against Indira Gandhi's imprisonment.
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4/14/1992The 79th Plenary session of the Indian National Congress opens in Tirupati.
11/18/1901V. Shantaram alias Shantaram Rajaram Vankudre, famous film maker and actor (Chitrapat Maharashi), was born.
7/14/196985 persons were killed when a freight train collided with a passanger train near Jaipur.
10/16/1920B. Sathyaji Rao, cricket Test umpire for 17 tests from 1960-79, was born in Karnataka.
10/24/1995A total eclipse of the sun witnessed from India to Vietnam.
9/20/1993First developmental launch of PSLV and Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-1E) carried remote sensing payloads. Could not be placed in orbit.
5/18/1995Sukhomoy Sengupta, 76, Tripura's first CM, passed away.
2/11/1997NHRC recommends to Central Government measures to prevent government servants from employing children below 14 as domestic servants.