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HISTORY QUIZ FOR THE DAY (Apr-16)

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Apr 16, 1756 :: ALIVARDI Khan :: The Nawab of Bengal, who was succeeded by , the son of his youngest daughter Died this day.

Apr 16, 1838 :: ERNEST SOLVAY :: Born this day, he was a Belgian industrial chemist who developed a commercially viable for the production of Soda Ash.

Apr 16, 1844 :: ANATOLE FRANCE :: Born this day, he was a writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1924).

Apr 16, 1848 :: KANDUKURI VEERESALINGAM :: Born this day, he was an Indian (d. 1919).

Apr 16, 1853 :: Indian RAILWAY :: On this day, the Indian Railway when the first passenger train of 14 carriages moved from Boree Vunder in Bomaby to Tanna in Thane. This train was moved by three locomotives, named Sultan, Sindh and Sahib.

Apr 16, 1867 :: Wilbur WRIGHT :: American and inventor. He, with the help of his brother Orville, built and flew the first practical airplane - born this day.

Apr 16, 1881 :: BARON IRWIN :: British from 1925 to 1931 - born this day.

Apr 16, 1889 :: Sir Charles Spencer CHAPLIN :: British born American of international fame - born this day.

Apr 16, 1917 :: VLADIMIR LENIN :: On this day, he returned to Petrograd from exile in .

Apr 16, 1919 :: AMRITSAR MASSACRE :: Mahatma Gandhi organized a day of " " on this day in response to the killing of Indian protesters in the Amritsar Massacre by the British.

Apr 16, 1945 :: RED ARMY :: On this day, it began the final assault on German forces around .

Apr 16, 1946 :: SYRIA :: It gained on this day.

Apr 16, 1972 :: KAWABATA YASUNARI :: Died this day, he was a writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899).

Apr 16, 1975 :: Sarvepalli :: President of India from 1962 to 1967 - died this day.

Apr 16, 1978 :: LARA DUTTA :: Born this day, she is an Indian .

Apr 16, 2007 :: G.V. LOGANATHAN :: Died this day, he was an Indian professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering (b. 1954).