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Historical Event on 4/16/1963
Gopal Singh Nepali, famous poet, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/12/1999 | India sets a deadline for intruders withdrawal from Kargil, announces suspension of air strikes. |
| 10/18/1992 | Zimbabwe's first Test match vs India at Harare. |
| 5/8/1933 | Gandhi starts hunger strike to protest the British repression of untouchables. |
| 11/13/1917 | Gajanan Madhav, famous modern Hindi poet, critic and storywriter, was born. |
| 1/14/1761 | The third and last battle of Panipat, fought between the Marathas and the Afghan invader Ahmad Shah Abadli, started. The Marathas lost 28,000 soldiers and were virtually routed in North India thus ending the Maratha hegemony. |
| 8/9/1942 | Subhash Chandra Bose (Netaji) forms the Indian National Army in Malaya with the help of the Japanese. He inaugurates the Government of Free India at Singapore. |
| 5/23/1995 | TADA expires and new Anti-Terrorists Activities Law proposed. Criminal Law Amendment Bill, 1995, voting put off; Lok Sabha passes Finance Bill 1995. |
| 11/23/1990 | Madhavrao Ganesh (Balasaheb Dixit), founder of daily news paper ""Turun Bharat"", passed away. |
| 12/20/1876 | Bankinchrandra Chattopadhyay wrote ""Vande Mataram"". |
| 6/27/1966 | D. S. Joshi was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-12-1968. |
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