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Historical Event on 8/16/1923
Narayan Athavle, famous Marathi litterateur and journalist, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/13/1911 | Ashok Kumar Ganguly, famous film actor, was born. He is the recipient of Dada Saheb Phalke Award. |
| 3/22/1915 | Dr. Nagendra, famous hindi critic, was born. |
| 8/21/1972 | A law was passed for protecting wild animals, including lions and tigers, from extinction. |
| 1/2/1973 | General S. H. F. J. Manekshaw appointed as Field Marshall. |
| 11/8/1948 | Nathuram Godse confesses to murder of Gandhi but denies conspiracy. |
| 8/6/1905 | Chittaranjan Das ""Desh Bandhu"", freedom fighter and advocate, started an organisation named ""Swadeshi Mandali"". He also founded magazine named Narayana in 1914 and a Bengali weekly in 1922 and the daily 'Forward'. |
| 10/1/1993 | Two more Election Commissioners appointed. |
| 6/9/1998 | The rupee plunges to an all-time low of Rs. 42.23/25 against the dollar. |
| 9/25/1899 | Narhar Gangadhar Apte, great Hindi writer, was born at Satara. |
| 10/25/1983 | Technical Cell constituteded with a view to promote the use of official language Hindi on mechanical or electronic devices. |
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