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Historical Event on 12/16/1952

Sri Ramalu Potiu sacrificed his life for the demand of seperate Andhra Pradesh state for the Telugu- speaking people.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/1/1964Jawaharlal Nehru Agriculture University established.
10/19/1970First Indian-made MIG-21 handed over to the Air Force. Privy purses and privileges of former Indian rulers abolished.
10/19/1689Sambhaji's queen Yesubai and her child surrendered the Raigarh Fort to the Mughals.
7/6/1944Mahatama Gandhi was for the first time addressed as 'Father of Nation'.
8/21/1988500 killed near the Nepal border in an earthquake measuring 6.7 on the Richter scale.
10/21/1996Japan gets non-permanent seat in Security Council after a contest with India.
9/29/1997IRS-1D, fourth Indian Remote Sensing satellite, successfully launched off by PSLV-CI, the country's first operational polar satellite launch vehicle, from Sriharikota. With this launch, India became a member of the exclusive club of nations capable of launching the heavier class of satellites.
4/16/1993The Supreme Court stays the operation of M.P. High Court's order quashing President's rule in the state.
10/31/1843Tarkanath Gangopadhyay, first realistic social novelist of Bengal, was born.
6/30/2000The Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council adopts a resolution seeking separation from J&K.