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Historical Event on 2/16/1931
Viceroy Lord Irwin meets Mahatma Gandhi for the first time.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/15/1901 | Muddan, famous Kannad poet and author, passed away. |
| 3/21/1995 | A.K. Antony elected CM of Kerala. |
| 3/13/1938 | Hitler merged Austria in Germany. |
| 5/3/1998 | Kushabhau Thakre takes over as the new BJP President. |
| 9/27/1873 | Vithalbhai Patel, great freedom fighter, social worker, nationalist leader, politician and President of the Central Assembly, was born at Karmasad, Gujarat. |
| 3/30/1908 | Devika Rani, famous film actress, was born. |
| 1/21/1956 | Strikes and demonstrations held in Bihar and Orissa in protest of the government's intention to revise state boundaries. |
| 7/4/2000 | Volvo's Environmental Prize went to Prof. Amulya K. N. Reddy of India and three others for their work on ''How the world's energy resources can be made to suffice as the population grows''. |
| 11/2/1885 | Balwant Pandurang Kirloskar (Annasaheb), first great Marathi musical drama playwright, died. |
| 5/16/1996 | Atal Krishna Behari Vajpayee, leader of Bharatiya Janta Party, becomes the 10th Prime Minister for 13 days (from May 16, 1996 to May 28, 1996 [techinally till 01-06-1996]), although his ability to govern effectively is in doubt. |
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