Year 1905
The provincial state of Bengal was partitioned.
OCTOBER 16
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16 October: What Happened On This Day in History
Curated historical timeline of momentous political pacts, freedom struggle uprisings, constitutional developments, scientific breakthroughs, and prominent birthdays recorded on 16 October.
Observances & Special Days
World Anaesthesia Day (International)
World Food Day (International)
Year 1942
Cyclone in Bay of Bengal kills some 40,000 south of Calcutta India.
Year 1978
Test debut of Kapil Dev, India v Pakistan at Faisalabad.
Year 1991
Jharkhand Chhatra Yuva Morcha was founded at a conference in Ranchi, India.
Born 1818
William Forster, Indian-Australian politician, 4th Premier of New South Wales (d. 1882)
Born 1878
Vallathol Narayana Menon was a poet in the Malayalam language.
Born 1921
Sita Ram Goel, Indian historian, publisher and writer (d. 2003)
Born 1932
Amrit Desai, pioneer of yoga in the West.
Born 1946
Naveen Patnaik, Indian politician serving as the current and 14th Chief Minister of Odisha.
Born 1948
Hema Malini, Indian film actress, writer, director, producer, dancer and politician.
Born 1952
Mohan Rangachari (Crazy Mohan) was an Indian actor, comedian, screenwriter and playwright.
Born 1975
Rajeev Khandelwal, Indian film and television actor, singer and host.
Born 1982
Prithviraj Sukumaran, Indian film actor, director, producer, playback singer.
Born 1982
Ravi Agrawal, journalist, television producer, and author of the book India Connected.
Born 1990
Anirudh Ravichander, Indian film composer and singer who primarily works in Tamil cinema.
Died 1799
Veerapandiya Kattabomman Indian activist (b. 1760)
Died 1951
Liaquat Ali Khan, Indian-Pakistani lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Pakistan (b 1895)
Died 1973
Thevarparampil Kunjachan was an Indian Syro-Malabar Catholic priest who dedicated himself to the spiritual and temporal welfare.
Died 1974
Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavatar was a Carnatic music singer from Palakkad.
Died 1974
Edasseri Govindan Nair was an Indian poet and playwright of Malayalam literature.
Died 1983
Harish-Chandra FRS was an Indian American mathematician and physicist who did fundamental work in representation theory.
Died 2013
Govind Purushottam Deshpande, Indian playwright and academic (b. 1938)