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Historical Event on 1/16/1916

Amat Debananda, politician, was born in Balani village at Orissa .

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/8/1985Sri Lanka Peace talks open in Thimphu.
5/29/1947Establishment of Indian Standard Institution.
9/7/1999Haider Noorani, BJP candidate for the Anantang Lok Sabha seat, killed in bomb blast.
6/5/1998Ali Sardar Jafri, Urdu writer, is presented the Jnanpeeth award for 1997.
10/24/1975Bounded labour system was abolished by Ordinance
10/10/2000The world's first elected woman Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike died of heart attack in Colombo.
6/19/1999The ''people's bus'' from Calcutta rolls into Dhaka and is formally received by the Prime Minister and his Bangladesh counterpart.
11/7/1958Nehru said the role of Gen. Mohammed Ayub Khan in Pakistan had increased the 'risk and danger of war' between India and Pakistan.
2/25/1963Nehru refuses to recognize China-Pakistan border pact in New Delhi.
8/28/1976Second World Hindi Conference held in Mauritius.