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Historical Event on 5/16/1926

Manik Varma, famous singer, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/1/1972All fuel coal mines were nationalised.
2/20/1928Abaji Narayan Pednekar, children's story writer, was born.
5/27/1998Minoo Masani, 92, co-founder of the Swatantra Party, passed away in Mumbai after a brief illness.
4/2/1948Communist leader S.A. Dange arrested in Bombay.
7/16/1991Railway budget hikes passenger fares by 15-20\% and freight up by 10\%.
7/16/1991Allau'd-din Hasan Gangu alias Jafar Khan. The Muslim kingdom of Bahmani dynasty in the south as Sultan Allau'd-din Khalji. He renamed Gulbarga, his capital as 'Hasanabad'.
12/31/1861Cherrapunji in Assam received rainfall of 22,990 mm in 1861. This was a world record in itself as no other country or place had received rains to such an extent.
2/26/1901The notes of Rs twenty denomination were issued with two issuing circles. These notes had four numeric denominations.
1/3/1921First Indian Parliament meets.
5/20/1900Sumitranandan Pant was born.