16th NOV  TODAY IN HISTORY DINVISHESH GHADAMODI

Today in Indian History
Events for November 16

16-November-1713	Chhatrapati Shahu appointed Balaji Vishwanath, a very remarkable man in Maratha history, as 'Peshwa'.
16-November-1835	Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi was born in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. She was named Manikarnika and was called 'Manu'. (16 or19).
16-November-1860	First group of Indian worker's reached Natal, South Africa.
16-November-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
16-November-1883	Pandit Baburao Vishnu Paradkar, eminent Hindi editor and journalist, was born at Varanasi.
16-November-1887	Padmacharan Patnaik, famous Orria poet, was born.
16-November-1908	Bommi Narsingh Reddy, famous film story writer, was born.
16-November-1913	Agnihotri Ambadas Shankar, journalist and litterateur, was born.
16-November-1915	Vishnu Ganesh Pingle, martyr, died.
16-November-1921	Nearly 700 Mopalh rebels were killed by the Gurkhas as they attacked the Pandikkad post at Delhi.
16-November-1947	Kamta Prasad ""Guru"" died at Jabalpur. He was renowned for his contribution in the field of Hindi Grammer. He was the editor of a monthly 'Saraswati' and 'Balasakha', children magaz
16-November-1958	India and U.S.S.R. sign trade agreement to exchange Soviet industrial and agricultural equipment for farm commodities at Moscow.
16-November-1962	Chinese troops launch a major offensive in the frontier war.
16-November-1983	Kapil Dev took 9-83 vs West Indies at Ahmedabad. India still lost the game.
16-November-1986	Second SAARC summit held at Bangalore.
16-November-1988	India gives full recognition to the state of Palestine.
16-November-1989	66 out of 71 trapped miners at Raniganj rescued.
16-November-1990	Allahabad High Court stays UP Government's decision to increase reservation quota for Backward Classes.
16-November-1990	Chandrasekhar Government wins confidence motion of 280 for 214 against and 11 abstained (17 members were absent).
16-November-1991	60 percent of the 23 million voters exercise their franchise in the by-elections to 15 Lok Sahba and 56 Assembly seats in 14 states.
16-November-1991	Madhukar Karekar, famous journalist, died
16-November-1992	Reservation, Supreme Court rejects economic criteria.
16-November-1993	Kashmir's 32-day-old Hazaratbal impasse ends with militants' surrender.
16-November-1995	Mass Rapid Transit System (MRTS), India's first elevated suburban railway, becomes operational in Madras.
16-November-1995	The Pension scheme ordinance for 18 million Provident Fund subscribers takes effect with an initial corpus of Rs. 85.00 billion.
16-November-1997	Sandalwood smuggler Veerappan offers to surrender.
16-November-1998	Kiran More, former Indian stumper, calls it a day from first class cricket at Baroda.
16-November-1999	Suraj Bhan, Bihar Governor, dismisses the Horticulture and Weights and Measurements Minister Samrat Chaudhary in the Rabri Devi cabinet for being 'underaged'.
16-November-2000	The Government to reduce equity holding in nationalised banks from 51 per cent to 33 per cent.