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Historical Event on 4/16/1930
Rioting continues in India as British police fire on mob of 10,000.
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| 3/8/1864 | Hari Narayan Apte, a well known Marathi writer who popularised social and historical themes in his novels, was born. He presided over the 8th Marathi Sahitya Sammelen in 1912. |
| 10/2/1999 | Home Minister L. K. Advani said that the BJP was ready to provide letters of support. |
| 10/24/1890 | Shishirkumar Mitra, Physics expert, was born in Calcutta. |
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