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Historical Event on 1/16/1916
Amat Debananda, politician, was born in Balani village at Orissa .
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/19/1996 | Biennial elections to fill 39 Rajya Sabha seats in nine states. |
| 8/3/1994 | The first successful heart transplant operation was performed at the All India Institute of Medical Science, New Delhi, by a team of doctors led by Prof. P. Venugopal (25-2-96). |
| 10/11/1999 | Congress (I) Ministry under the leadership of Mukut Mithi is sworn-in in Arunachal Pradesh. |
| 3/22/1902 | Great Britain and Persia agree to link Europe and India by telegraph. |
| 8/6/1996 | Dr. Raj Kumar was conferred Dada Saheb Phalke award. |
| 11/10/1698 | East India Company purchased Calcutta, which had not more than a village at that time. |
| 3/8/1957 | Balasaheb Gangadhar Kher, prominent leader in Maharashtra and former Chief Minister of Mumbai province, passed away. |
| 12/15/1943 | The Vengeance suffered numerous defects and teething troubles, necessitating temporary withdrawal from the two IAF squadrons, but the problems were eventually mitigated if not eradicated, and No. 8 Sqn flew its first operational Vengeance sorties against Japanese targets from Double Moorings, Chittagong. |
| 12/20/1904 | Virendranarayan Chakravorthy, former Indian Ambassador in England and Governor of Haryana, was born. |
| 11/30/1920 | N. B. Kamat, filmmaker and distributor, was born. |
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