CHHATRAPATI
SHIVAJI TERMINUS |
April 16, 1853 - the birth of the Indian Railways. |
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GURU TEGH BAHADUR SAHIB JI |
April 16, 1664: He
became the ninth Guru of Sikhs (Father of Guru
Gobind Singh Ji). He was preceded by Guru Har Kishan and was succeeded
by the 10th and last human guru, Guru Gobind Singh Ji.
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G.V. LOGANATHAN |
April 16, 2007: He taught an Advanced Hydrology
class in Norris Hall's Room 206. On this day, Seung-Hui Cho entered
Norris 206 and opened fire; Loganathan was Cho's first target. Of
the fifteen registered students in Loganathan's class, nine were
killed and two more were injured. He was among the 32 people killed by
Seung-Hui Cho in the Virginia Tech shootings on April 16, 2007. |
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INDIAN RAILWAYS |
April 14, 1951- Southern Railway was
established with headquarters in Chennai. |
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KANDUKURI VEERESALINGAM |
April 16 - Birth Anniversary |
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LARA DUTTA |
April 16 - Birthday |
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LORD IRWIN |
April 16 - Birth Anniversary |
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M.A. AYYANGAR |
April 16, 1962: He retired as the second
Speaker of Lok Sabha. |
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MADANJEET SINGH |
April 16 - Birth Anniversary |
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MAHATMA GANDHI |
April 16, 1919 - He organized a day of "prayer and fasting" on this day
in response to the killing of Indian protesters in the Amritsar
(Jallianwala Bagh) massacre on April 13, 1919 by the British. |
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NANDLAL BOSE |
April 16 - Death Anniversary |
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Dr. SAMPURNANAND |
April 16, 1962: He became the Governor of
Rajasthan on this day. And he retired from this post on April 16, 1967. |
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S.B. CHAVAN |
April 16, 1977: He
retired as Chief Minister of Maharashtra on this day. |
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SUNITA WILLIAMS |
April 16, 2007 - She ran the first marathon by any person in space. |
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SVATHI TIRUNAL RAMA VARMA |
April 16 - Birth Anniversary |
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VLADIMIR ILYICH LENIN |
April 16, 1917: On this
day, he returned to Petrograd from exile in
Switzerland. |
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WORLD WAR - I |
April 16, 1917:
Lenin arrives in Russia
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