Today in Indian History Events for November 16 16- November-1713 Chhatrapati Shahu appointed Balaji Vishwanath, a very remarkable man in Maratha history, as Peshwa. 16- November-1835 Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi was born in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. She was named Manikarnika and was called Manu. (16 or19). 16- November-1860 First group of Indian workers reached Natal, South Africa. 16- November-1877 Ardaseer Cursetjee Wadia, professor, pioneer and innovator, died. He was the first Indian who was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society, London. He introduced lighting by gas and was the first to build INDUS, a steam-ship in India in 1833. He also introduced sewing machine, photography and electro-plat 16- November-1883 Pandit Baburao Vishnu Paradkar, eminent Hindi editor and journalist, was born at Varanasi. 16- November-1887 Padmacharan Patnaik, famous Orria poet, was born. 16- November-1908 Bommi Narsingh Reddy, famous film story writer, was born. 16- November-1913 Agnihotri Ambadas Shankar, journalist and litterateur, was born. 16- November-1915 Vishnu Ganesh Pingle, martyr, died. 16- November-1921 Nearly 700 Mopalh rebels were killed by the Gurkhas as they attacked the Pandikkad post at Delhi. 16- November-1947 Kamta Prasad Guru died at Jabalpur. He was renowned for his contribution in the field of Hindi Grammer. He was the editor of a monthly Saraswati and Balasakha, children magaz 16- November-1958 India and U.S.S.R. sign trade agreement to exchange Soviet industrial and agricultural equipment for farm commodities at Moscow. 16- November-1962 Chinese troops launch a major offensive in the frontier war. 16- November-1983 Kapil Dev took 9-83 vs West Indies at Ahmedabad. India still lost the game. 16- November-1986 Second SAARC summit held at Bangalore. 16- November-1988 India gives full recognition to the state of Palestine. 16- November-1989 66 out of 71 trapped miners at Raniganj rescued. 16- November-1990 Allahabad High Court stays UP Governments decision to increase reservation quota for Backward Classes. 16- November-1990 Chandrasekhar Government wins confidence motion of 280 for 214 against and 11 abstained (17 members were absent). 16- November-1991 60 percent of the 23 million voters exercise their franchise in the by- elections to 15 Lok Sahba and 56 Assembly seats in 14 states. 16- November-1991 Madhukar Karekar, famous journalist, died 16- November-1992 Reservation, Supreme Court rejects economic criteria. 16- November-1993 Kashmirs 32-day-old Hazaratbal impasse ends with militants surrender. 16- November-1995 Mass Rapid Transit System (MRTS), Indias first elevated suburban railway, becomes operational in Madras. 16- November-1995 The Pension scheme ordinance for 18 million Provident Fund subscribers takes effect with an initial corpus of Rs. 85.00 billion. 16- November-1997 Sandalwood smuggler Veerappan offers to surrender. 16- November-1998 Kiran More, former Indian stumper, calls it a day from first class cricket at Baroda. 16- November-1999 Suraj Bhan, Bihar Governor, dismisses the Horticulture and Weights and Measurements Minister Samrat Chaudhary in the Rabri Devi cabinet for being underaged. 16- November-2000 The Government to reduce equity holding in nationalised banks from 51 per cent to 33 per cent.
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