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Historical Event on 3/16/1924

Bhupendranath Basu, great freedom fighter, President of Congress and fluent orator, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/2/1948Nehru threatens Indian action to stop Pakistani raids into Kashmir.
9/15/1927Sarveshwar Dayal Saxena was born.
11/14/199710th International Film Festival for children and young people ambles into Hyderabad atop Gajju, the delightful elephant mascot. About 125 films from 30 countries will be screened.
2/15/1901Muddan, famous Kannad poet and author, passed away.
3/24/1977Morarji Desai elected leader of Janata Party and sworn in as the Prime Minister of India at New Delhi. Later he formed his cabinet. He was in the office of Prime Minister till July 28, 1979. This was first non-Congress Government in India.
9/4/1996Narasimha Rao questioned by CBI.
1/10/1966Tashkent Conference between Pakistan and Indian leaders ended after signing of peace accord by Lal Bahadur Shastri and General Ayub Khan.
7/15/1969Air Chief Marshal Arjan Singh, Padma Vibhushan, DFC. retired as the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. After retirement he was appointed as the Ambassador in Switzerland.
4/2/1948Communist leader S.A. Dange arrested in Bombay.
7/7/1905Six Language penel were started on the Rs. five denomination again. The printing colour of note changed to Red with Special text mentioned, 'At any office of issue not situated in Burma'.