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Historical Event on 11/16/1921
Nearly 700 Mopalh rebels were killed by the Gurkhas as they attacked the Pandikkad post at Delhi.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/15/1854 | The first train of the East Indian Railways steamed out of Howrah station destined for Hoogly, which was at a distance of 24 miles. It was the first passenger train catering to public traffic. Officially, it was inaugurated in 1855. |
| 6/25/1992 | BJP bags eleven seats in the biennial elections to the Rajya Sabha, Congress (I) secures seven. |
| 5/26/1906 | Benjamin Peary Pal, internationally famous scientist of Indian agriculture, was born at Mukundpur, Punjab. In 1929, he went to Cambridge to do research on wheat and he returned to Burma with a Ph.D. five years later. In 1933, he got a research job with what is now known as the Indian Agricultural Research Institute in New Delhi. In 1965, Pal became Director General of the newly founded Indian Council of Agricultural Research in New Delhi. He has written several books on roses, the most popular being ""The Rose in India"". |
| 9/12/1786 | Lord Cornwallis was appointed, and became Governor General of India, as well as the Commander-in-Chief Army Officer. |
| 9/19/1995 | PM leaves for a 5-day visit to the two Central Asian republics of Turkmenistan and Kyrghistan. |
| 6/23/1997 | Acharya Tulsi, the founder of Terapanthi sector in Jainism, died. (20-10-98). |
| 3/5/1995 | Jalal Aga, famous comedian and character artist, passed away. |
| 1/31/1983 | The first floating Dry Dock was launched at Howrah. |
| 9/4/1998 | Mumbai Metropolitan court acquits Union Minister for Environment and Forests Suresh Prabhu in a case of cheque bouncing. |
| 9/30/2000 | Gen. S. Padmanabhan takes over as the new Chief of the Army Staff from Gen. V. P. Malik. |
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