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Historical Event on 8/16/1901

Shripad Ramchandra Tikekar, journalist and critic, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/15/2000K.R. Narayanan, President, presents Dada Saheb Phalke Award for 1998 to B.R. Chopra for his contribution to Indian cinema.
4/16/2000India wins the second leg of the pre-olympic hockey tournament at Perth.
5/25/1894Biharilal Chakravorty, bengali poet, passed away.
5/30/1977Express Train fell into Beki river in Assam killing 44 persons.
3/26/1990Sangma Ministry quits in Meghalaya. B. B. Lyngdoh is new CM.
3/9/1997Bangladesh and Chakma refugee leaders sign a historic agreement for repatriation of the 50,000 refugees sheltered in six camps in Tripura for the past 11 years.
8/30/1645Indians and Dutch sign the peace treaty.
8/13/1638Durgadas Rathore, social reformer, was born at Salwa.
5/5/2000Supreme Court permits former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalitha (petitioner) to have herself and the others examined as ''defence witnesses'' in connection with the trial of the 'Colour TV scam case'.
12/5/1950Sikkim becomes a protectorate of India.