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Historical Event on 4/16/1918

Spike Milligan, famous actor and comedian (Digby, 3 Musketeers), was born in India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/15/1919British troops kill 400 Indians, who were demonstrating against the British rule at Amritsar for the forced marshall law on Punjab.
7/6/1881Saint Gulabrao Maharaj was born in Vidarbha.
3/30/1992Satyajit Ray received the honorary Oscar award..
5/5/1930Gandhiji was arrested and imprisoned without trial. As a result there was ''hartal'' (strike)all over India. Over 100,000 people were jailed before the end of the year.
9/12/1962Raghav Rangayya, famous Hindi poet, story writer and novelist, died.
1/18/1942Gandhiji restarts 'Harijan' and allied weeklies.
7/18/1990Following the end of six months Governor's rule, President's rule imposed in J&K.
11/20/1955Polly Umrigar scores India's first Test double century, 223 vs NZ.
7/31/1952Bela Mitra, commander of ""Nari Vahini"" and activist of ""Azad Hind Fauj"", passed away. She also worked as partition refugee.
5/8/1990Paul Mantosh and Joss Fernandes take oath as nominated Anglo-Indian members in Lok Sabha.