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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
8/6/1920Film Censor Board at Bombay started working. The first film censored and granted a Censor Certificate No. 1 was a short film of 600 ft., produced by Gaumont Company and it was titled as 'Gaumont Graphic No. 963-964'. The Regional Film Censor Boards were also set-up in Calcutta, Madras and Rangoon.
3/16/1992Satyajit Ray, veteran film producer and director, was presented the honorary Oscar by a three-member Oscar committee at a Calcutta nursing home.
2/14/1901King Edward VII open's his first parliament.
6/30/1755Jayappa Shinde who was the son of Ronoji Shinde was murdered.
11/9/1710Reynier de Klerk, governor-general of Dutch-Indies, baptized.
7/19/1965Batukeshwar Dutt, great revolutionary, passed away.
8/20/1995India and China decide to withdraw four army battalions from Chu Sumdurong valley near the Line of Actual Control.
11/12/1996Over 350 people die in mid-air collision in Bhiwani district, Haryana.
12/12/1958Fergie Gupte takes 9-102 with leggies vs West Indies at Kanpur.
11/9/2000The 17-day old Manohar Parrikar led BJP Government in Goa wins the trust vote.