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Historical Event on 03/16/1599
Shahaji Raje Bhosale, father of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/8/1914 | Jyoti Basu, former Chief Minister of West Bengal, was born. |
| 6/13/1966 | 60 people were killed in a collision between two suburban trains of Bombay. |
| 4/21/1993 | India announces establishing proof in Pakistan's complicity in Bombay bomb blasts. |
| 2/18/1993 | Phoolan Devi, the legendary Bandit Queen, was released after 11 years in jail. A heroine to many low-caste Indians, she was born into the Mallah caste of fishermen, close to the bottom of India's rigid social scale, and became a bandit after she was gang-raped. She led her rural band in robbing and killing upper-caste Thakurs in revenge for the murder of her lover and acquired a Robin Hood image. The Rebel of the Ravines siad, ""I shall work for the upliftment of the women and downtrodden"". |
| 11/21/1962 | India and China declared a truce from the war in which India was badly beaten. Because of winter in China, they halted their advance into India. |
| 10/5/1999 | India decides not to attend the special meet on CTBT. |
| 7/3/1898 | Gopinath Bhagwan was born at Banamohalla, Srinagar. He is one of the most eminent saints who have graced the sacred land of India. An Ashram at Kharyar, Srinagar is set up by his disciples and devotees to preach his meditation. |
| 4/6/1956 | Dilip Balwant Vengsarkar, cricketer (prolific Indian batsman 1976-92),was born in Rajapur, Maharashtra. He has received Arjun Award (1981) and Padmashree (1987). |
| 4/19/1910 | Anant Laxman Kanhere, revolutionary, was hanged. |
| 6/14/1998 | S. Vijayalakshmi wins National women's `A' chess title in Mumbai. |
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