16 DEC TOAY IN HISTORY DINVISHESH GHADAMODI

Today in Indian History
Events for December 16

16-December-1515	Affonso de Albuquerque, who is regarded as the real founder of Portuguese power in India, died at the age of 73 years.
16-December-1770	Ludwig Van Beethoven, greatest musician, poet and innovator, was born.
16-December-1867	Amy Carmichael, Scotch Irish missionary, was born. She went to India in 1895 under the Zenana Missionary Society, remaining there without furlough until her death 56 years later. An invalid during her last 20 years, she worked to rescue children from the Hindus.
16-December-1909	Lal Singh Narayan Singh, cricketer (scored 15 & 29 in India's 1st Test match), was born near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
16-December-1921	Calcutta Electric Supply Corporation started tunnel construction under Hoogly river.
16-December-1922	Parvati Devi, orator, was arrested for delivering revolutionary speeches in meetings at Hapud and Merrut. She was the first Indian women to get two years long imprisionment during the freedom struggle.
16-December-1924	Nissim Ezekiel, educationist and author, was born.
16-December-1951	Salarjung Museum opened in Hyderabad.
16-December-1952	Sri Ramalu Potiu sacrificed his life for the demand of seperate Andhra Pradesh state for the Telugu- speaking people.
16-December-1960	Ganesh Chintaman Karve, creator of Marathi dictionary and author, passed away.
16-December-1971	Bangladesh was formed. President Yahya Khan of Pakistan changed his position dramatically and announced he would accept a ceasefire with India. After his forces in East Pakistan surrendered unconditionally, Yahya Khan vowed to keep fighting in the West against his political enemy. His reversal today undermines his administration, and there are growing indications he will step down as head of the military government. Yahya has already been criticized for his brutal repression of the Bengali separatist movement, which has renamed East Pakistan as Bangladesh. It appears that the separatists may actually benefit from the fighting, because India has managed to defeat most of Yahya's military forces in East Pakistan.
16-December-1980	Fisher Wealthy Hornsinger, an American social worker and who worked for Adult Education in India, passed away.
16-December-1990	Dr. M. Channa Reddy resigned as Andhra Pradesh CM.
16-December-1992	The Parliament adopts resolution condemning the demolition of the mosque at Ayodhya and centre appoints a one-man judicial commission to enquire into the Ayodhya incidents.
16-December-1994	Pratap Singh Rane of Congress (I) takes oath of office.
16-December-1997	Mamata Banerjee, Congress(I) rebel, declares that she would seek recognition and separate symbol for her ""Trinamul Congress'' and contest elections on her ow
16-December-1998	The Government introduces in the Rajya Sabha the Patents (Amendments) Bill 1998 amid Left protests.
16-December-1999	Bill on Cyber law is introduced in the Lok Sabha.
16-December-1999	India agrees to Financial System Stability Assessment (FSSA) by the IMF.
16-December-1999	Michael Johnson's 400m world record (43.18s) set up in the Seville World championship was ratified by IAAF. Other records also ratified were Kenyan Noah Ngeny's 1000m mark (2 11.96, Reiti, Italy) and Moroccan Hicham el Guerrouj's 2000m (4 44.79, Berlin).
16-December-1999	Likhiram Karve, Madhya Pradesh's Minister for Transport, is hacked to death by naxalites.
16-December-1999	The second phase of national AIDS programme is launched.
16-December-2000	Indian Airlines wins the 60th National Hockey championship in Jammu.
16-December-2000	Kalyan Banerjee becomes the first Indian to head the Rotary Foundation, one of the richest bodies of the Rotary International.