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Historical Event on 9/16/1955

Leopold C. M. S. Amery, British minister of Colonies (India), died at the age of 81.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/11/1901Pramathanath Bishi, professor and Hindi writer, was born.
7/8/1918Montagu - Chelmsford Report was published. This report was prepared to reform the legislature of India. This report was made by Edwin Montagu who was the Secretary of States for India and Lord Chelmsford, who was the Viceroy.
6/30/1999The first ever direct bus service between India and Bangladesh gets delayed due to heavy rain.
6/7/1989Sheetal Pandya set up a world record at the age of 5 years.
6/20/1869Laxmanrao Kirloskar, great industrialist, social reformer, patriot and founder of Kirloskar Industry, was born at Belgaum.
6/20/1869Saint Namdev passed away.
12/10/1936England replaces King Edward VIII stamp series with King George VI.
6/30/1823Sir Dinshaw Manokji Petit, famous industrialist, was born.
10/26/1930Dr. Waldemar Modecal Haffkine, famous scientist, bacteriologist and professor, died in Paris. He had invented the Cholera vaccine in 1893 and a vaccine for Plague in 1897 at the Grant Medical College, Bombay.
5/1/1992C. Arjun, famous music director, passed away.