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Historical Event on 3/16/1860
Dr. W.M. Haffkine, great scientist, bacteriologist and professor, was born at Odessa in Russia.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/23/1998 | Jayaprakash Narayan posthumously awarded Bharat Ratna, the country's biggest honour. |
| 7/31/1991 | Air Chief Marshal Surinder Kumar Mehra PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC., retired as the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. |
| 3/29/1952 | India enters into a war with Japan. |
| 5/17/1994 | Nar Bahadur Bhandari voted out in Sikkim; Sikkim Sangram Parishad leader Sanchaman Limboo takes over as CM. |
| 2/4/1976 | Lok Sabha's life extended by one year. |
| 8/4/1935 | Government of India got the Royal Assent Act 1935. |
| 11/11/1924 | Rusi Sheriyar Modi, cricketer (Indian batsman in post-War years), was born in Surat, Gujarat. |
| 12/7/1999 | Nareshwar Dayal is appointed India's High Commissioner to UK. |
| 12/30/1974 | Opening of the fifth Indian Film Festival. It was presided over by Satyajit Ray at New Delhi. |
| 7/8/1914 | Jyoti Basu, former Chief Minister of West Bengal, was born. |
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