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Historical Event on 7/16/1917

Jagdishchandra Mathur, modern Hindi playwright, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/24/2000S. Vijayalakshmi becomes the first Indian woman Grandmaster in the International Grandmasters chess tournament held in Hyderabad.
1/31/1949Maharajas of Baroda and Kolhapur decide to merge their states with Bombay.
5/1/1996P. Shiv Shanker, Kerala Governor, resigns in view of the ongoing CBI investigation against him in the hawala case.
12/16/1971Bangladesh was formed. President Yahya Khan of Pakistan changed his position dramatically and announced he would accept a ceasefire with India. After his forces in East Pakistan surrendered unconditionally, Yahya Khan vowed to keep fighting in the West against his political enemy. His reversal today undermines his administration, and there are growing indications he will step down as head of the military government. Yahya has already been criticized for his brutal repression of the Bengali separatist movement, which has renamed East Pakistan as Bangladesh. It appears that the separatists may actually benefit from the fighting, because India has managed to defeat most of Yahya's military forces in East Pakistan.
4/9/1756Ali Bardi Khan of Bengal passed away in Murshidabad. His youngest daughter's son Siraj-ud-Daulah was crowned as King of Bengal when he was merely 20 years old after the death of King Tartar.
4/30/1991BJP election manifesto promises Presidential form of government.
2/1/1827Gordon's Esplanade building was established in Calcutta's Bengal Club.
12/24/1762Gopalrao defeated in the battle of Jamkhindi.
3/12/1992The four-member break-away group of Telugu Desam recognised by Lok Sabha speaker.
2/26/1874Sursingh Takhtsingh Gohil `Kalapi', famous Gujrati poet, was born.