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Historical Event on 11/16/1877
Ardaseer Cursetjee Wadia, professor, pioneer and innovator, died. He was the first Indian who was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society, London. He introduced lighting by gas and was the first to build ""INDUS"", a steam-ship in India in 1833. He also introduced sewing machine, photography and electro-plat
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/23/1903 | Yusuf Meherali, freedom fighter and socialist, was born. |
| 10/19/1921 | Pandurangshastri Athvle, founder of 'Swadhyay Pariwar', was born. |
| 11/30/1999 | Prof. M. N. Sromovas, (83), well-known Sociologist in Bangalore, died. |
| 2/16/1896 | Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala', great Hindi poet, litterateur, writer, social worker and editor, was born. |
| 1/1/1994 | This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year of Family"". |
| 9/5/1872 | V. O. Chidambaram Pillai, great freeom fighter, social reformer, prolific writer, politician and leader, was born at Ottapidaram village in Tamil Nadu. |
| 10/3/1996 | National Conference swept back to power in J & K with a landslide victory. |
| 6/2/1990 | Sri Ram Sharma Acharya passed away. (27-6-91). |
| 11/22/1773 | Robert Clive, English occupier (India), passed away at the age of 48. |
| 1/12/1953 | Patel Chest Institute opened by Rajkumari Amrit Kaur. All India Khadi Board constituted with centre at Bombay. |
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