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Historical Event on 9/16/1967
Tibetan, Indian and Chinese troops engage in fighting at Natu La pass on the Tibet-Sikkim border.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/11/1950 | Sorabjee Harmasji Colah, cricketer (69 runs in India's first 2 tests 1932-33), passed away. |
| 8/20/1828 | Brahmo Samaj, the first movement to initiate religio-social reforms, was founded by Ram Mohun Roy (1772-1833) in Calcutta. Influenced by Islam and Christianity, Roy denounced polytheism, idol worship, repudiated the Vedas, avataras, karma and reincarnation, caste and more. The first session of Adi Brahmo Samaj was held in the rented house by Kamal Bose of Chitpore Road in Jorasanko area in Calcutta. |
| 8/20/1828 | Saint Chokhoba passed away. |
| 5/16/1926 | Manik Varma, famous singer, was born. |
| 4/30/1981 | C. R. Krishnaswamy Rao was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 08-02-1985. |
| 5/10/1993 | Santosh Yadav becomes the first Indian woman to reach the Everest for the second time. |
| 4/23/1929 | Ranjit Film Co. was founded by Chandulal Shah and Gohar at Bombay. |
| 4/30/1996 | CBI concludes after 11 1/2 years of investigation that no espionage has taken place in what was dubbed the `ISRO spy scandal case'. |
| 3/1/1903 | Pareshchandra Bhattacharya, former Gonerner of Indian Reserve Bank, was born. |
| 11/14/1998 | Prominent Indian Government and private entities are targeted in the Clinton Administration Entities List. American Companies are barred from trading with the listed companies. |
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