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Historical Event on 9/16/1931
Political prisoners Tarkeshwar Dutta and Santosh Mitra were shot by an officer at Hijli detention camp near Kharagpur. They were arrested for attending the Hijli meeting.
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| 12/28/1995 | Third Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-1C), carring advanced remote sensing cameras was launched by Russian Molniya launch vehicle. It is still in service. |
| 12/27/1987 | Vijaypal Singh sets a record for TJ in 16.79s at Trivandrum . |
| 8/16/1965 | Indian troops cross Kashmir line, seizes two Pakistani outposts. |
| 8/7/1871 | Abanindranath Tagore, great modern artist and painter, was born at Jorasanko in Calcutta. |
| 8/25/1888 | Allama Mashriqi, Muslim leader, was born. |
| 11/6/1996 | India wins Titan's cup beating South Africa in Mumbai. |
| 1/26/2000 | Mr. K. Vadivel Raj gets the 1999 Kabir Puraskar for rescuing 11 persons of another community during caste violence in September 1998 in a village in Tamil Nadu. |
| 3/15/1992 | Dr. Rahi Masum Raza, film screenplay, story and dialogue writer, passed away at the age of 64 years. |
| 3/27/1999 | World No. 2 Viswanathan Anand won the title with a round to spare in the rapid section of the Amber rapid and blindfold chess tournaments in Monte Carlo. |
| 11/8/1965 | Bashiruddin Ahmad, religious leader and litterateur, passed away. |
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