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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 |
| 2/13/1994 | Yashwant Narsingh Kelkar, senior historian and journalist in Maharashtra, passed away. |
| 5/13/1998 | World Bank cancels India donors meet. |
| 12/24/1999 | Indian Airlines Kathmandu-Delhi Airbus 300 with 186 people on board hijacked shortly after take-off. |
| 12/16/1960 | Ganesh Chintaman Karve, creator of Marathi dictionary and author, passed away. |
| 1/26/1997 | Delhi becomes the first state in India to enforce a ban on smoking in all public places. |
| 11/11/1996 | A.P. cyclone toll may cross 2,500. |
| 5/9/1998 | Playback singer Talat Mehmood, 75, passed away in Mumbai. |
| 1/1/1897 | Girja Dayal Girish, great poet and writer, was born at Saraiyan Mahipat Singh, U.P. |
| 11/13/1998 | Pravabati Devi (88), freedom fighter and `Mother Teresa of Orissa', dies at the orphanage set up by her at Chharchanpali. |
| 8/8/1948 | Dr. Yellapragada Subbarow, saintly scientist and nobel prize winner, passed away at Pearl River, New York. |
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