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Historical Event on 4/16/1974

Dr. Sarvapalli Radhanakrishnan, former President of India, Philosophist and litterateur, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/9/1788Gulam Kadir removed the eyes of Shah Alam 2nd, King of Delhi with a knife.
3/21/1979The Cytology Research Centre was set up at New Delhi (renamed as the Institute of Cytology and Preventive Oncology in 1988).
3/26/1918Vanavihari B.N. Sundara Rao, great author and journalist, was born at Varthur, Bangalore.
4/9/1669Aurangzeb issued a general order all the schools and temples of the infidels.
10/11/1737A violent earthquake and cyclone hit Calcutta which claimed 3,00,000 lives.
10/28/1996Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever (DHF) spills into Western UP from Delhi.
5/3/1913Dhundiraj Govind Phalke, more generally known as Dada Saheb Phalke, was responsible for the production of India's first fully indigenous silent four-reel feature film 'Raja Harishchandra' which heralded the birth of the Indian film industry. The film had titles in Hindi and English and was released on May 3, 1913 at the Coronation Cinematograph in Bombay.
12/3/1998India and Portugal sign an agreement in New Delhi for setting up a joint committee to enhance cooperation in science and technology.
9/13/1948Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel took police action on Hyderabad for anti national policy's of Nijam of Hyderabad and Rijvi Rajakar's.
9/15/1927Sarveshwar Dayal Saxena was born.