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Historical Event on 1/16/1924

In a tragic ship wreck, Kumaran Asan, famous Malayalam poet & eminent social worker, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/9/1986First University in India devoted to hygiene established at Vijaywada.
4/21/1975Farakka Barrage dedicated to nation.
11/8/1661Guru Har Rai passed away. Second son Har Kishan became the eighth Sikh Guru age of 5 years 4 Months. He passed away at the age of 7 years 9 Months.
3/29/1977S. N. Mathur became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 02/05/77).
2/12/1997Standard Bank tri-series final between India and South Africa abandoned due to rain.
10/14/1919Raghu Karmkar, famous cinephotographer, was born.
2/20/1985Bhawani Prasad Mishra, progressive Hindi poet, passed away. His most famous poem is ""Main Geet Bechtaa Hun"".
2/16/1942The third IAF unit to operate the Lysander was No.4 Squadron, formed with four aircraft on 16 February 1942. This squadron was to continue to operate the Westland aircraft until it too was re-equipped with the Hurricane in June 1943.
7/25/1995India reaps a record harvest of food grain of 189.77 million tonnes ('94, 95).
1/1/1992Petrol and diesel price hiked in 11 states to make it uniform all over the country.