|
|
Historical Event on 6/16/1893
Karumuttu Thiagarajan Chettiar, social worker and industrialist, was born at Athikkadu Thekkur in Tamil Nadu.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/5/1846 | Sir Charles Metkaf, Governor General of East India Company, died. |
| 6/10/1997 | Three Indians - Kumaramangalam Birla, Ratan Tata and Dhirubhai Ambani - figure in the list of Asia's top 100 super rich. |
| 9/2/1946 | Jawaharlal Nehru, was sworn in as the Prime Minister of the Interim Government of Undivided india, against Partition. |
| 3/11/1984 | India's first modern boas `Jalusha' started from Vishakhapattanam. |
| 7/30/1960 | Gangadhar Balkrishna Deshpande, great freedom fighter, leader and 'Lion of Karnataka', 0died. He was a loyal Congress leader. |
| 12/23/1983 | Micheal Chopra, Soccer(Football) player, was born in Newcastle, England. |
| 5/22/1991 | Sonia unanimously elected Congress President by the Working Committee. She, however, declined the offer. |
| 11/24/1989 | Tendulkar scores a record cricket test 50 aged 16 years 214 days. |
| 9/5/1612 | East India Company's Navy eastablished. |
| 6/2/1756 | Fort William, the English stronghold in Bengal, was surrendered to Siraj-ud-Daulah. |
|
![]()
|
|
|
