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Historical Event on 5/16/1946

Gandhiji's Cabinet Mission announces Plan.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/1/1930Coimbatarao Doraikannu Gopinath, cricketer (batted in 8 Tests for India in the 1950's), was born in Madras.
4/18/1978Sardar Sobha Singh, famous builder of modern New Delhi, passed away at the age of 90.
2/18/1993Congress (I) secures absolute majority in Nagaland and emerges as the single largest party in Meghalaya.
2/11/1935Lalita Narhar Bapat, famous marathi novelist, was born.
3/30/1993India forgoes Narmada loan balance because of World Bank's strict regulations.
2/22/1944Kasturba Gandhi passed away in British imprisonment in Aga Khan Palace at Pune.
2/3/1760Sadashiv Bhau, under a large Maratha army, defeated the Nizam in war of Udgir.
9/10/1966Parliament approved the Punjab Re-organisation Bill for the formation of Haryana and Punjab as two independent states.
1/16/1681Sambhaji was crowned as the successor of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in a function held at Raigad Fort.
12/22/2000Three Army jawans die in an attack by a suicide squad of Lakshar-e-Taiba at the Red Fort in Delhi leading to a 45-minute gun-battle.