Year 1913
Kasturba Gandhi was arrested.
SEPTEMBER 16
Daily Historical Chronicle
UPSC CSE • State PSC • SSC CGL Matrix
16 September: 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 September.
Observances & Special Days
International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
Year 1931
Political prisoners in Hijli detention camp (near Kharagpur) were fired upon by the prison authorities. Political prisoners Tarkeshwar Dutta and Santosh Mitra were shot by an officer. Two died and many were injured.
Year 1954
The Lok Sabha adopted a clause in the Special Marriage Bill providing for divorce by consent.
Year 1990
Air India establishes a world record by evacuating more than 1.11 lakh people in eight weeks from Kuwait/Iraq during the Gulf War.
Year 1995
Prime Minister inducts 16 new members into his Council of Ministers and elevates three deputy ministers to the rank of Ministers of State.
Year 1996
First one-day international in Canada played between India and Pakistan at Toronto.
Year 2000
In an important pronouncement, the Rajasthan High Court declares Jains as a religious minority community and allows teaching institutions set up by them to enjoy minority status under Articles 29 and 30 of the Constitution.
Year 2007
One-Two-GO Airlines Flight 269 carrying 128 crew and passengers crashes in Thailand killing 89 people.
Year 2007
Security guards working for Blackwater Worldwide shoot and kill 17 Iraqis in Nisour Square, Baghdad.
Year 2013
A gunman kills twelve people at the Washington Navy Yard.
Year 2014
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant launches its Kobani offensive against Syrian–Kurdish forces.
Born 1910
Cheppudira Muthana Poonacha was Chief Minister of Coorg, Minister in Mysore State, Member of Parliament.
Born 1916
Madurai Shanmukhavadivu Subbulakshmi was an Indian Carnatic singer from Madurai, Tamil Nadu.
Born 1916
D. R. Samant, a journalist and social reformer was born at Ratnagiri, Maharashtra.
Born 1929
Yerramilli Janardan Rao, educationist, was born at Tanuku, (W. Godavari).
Born 1927
Mundanat Leelavathy, Malayalam writer, literary critic, and educationist.
Born 1931
Ennackal Chandy George Sudarshan was an Indian theoretical physicist and a professor at the University of Texas
Born 1931
R. Ramachandra Rao, cricket test umpire for one test in 1986-87, was born at Tamil Nadu.
Born 1945
Palaniappan Chidambaram, Indian politician and former attorney who currently serves as Member of Parliament.
Born 1950
Maalan Narayanan, journalist and writer from Tamil Nadu, India.
Born 1954
Byrraju Ramalinga Raju, former chairman and CEO of Satyam Computer Services.
Born 1954
Sanjoy Bandopadhyay, Indian sitar player and composer
Born 1954
Sanjoy Bandopadhyay, Bengali Hindustani classical sitar player.
Born 1959
Roja Ramani, South Indian movie actress who predominantly worked in Telugu cinema.
Born 1971
Prasoon Joshi, Indian lyricist, screenwriter, poet, and marketer.
Born 1972
Kushan Nandy, Indian film producer, writer and director.
Born 1977
Gauri Pradhan Tejwani, former model turned Indian television actress.
Died 1932
Ronald Ross, bacteriologist and member of Indian Medical Service, died in London. He had also received a Nobel Prize.
Died 1955
Leo Amery, Indian-English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies, died at the age of 81. (b. 1873)
Died 1965
Ardeshir Tarapore was an officer in the Indian Army and a recipient of the Param Vir Chakra.
Died 1973
Abasaheb Mujumdar, great musician, died.
Died 1977
Kesarbai Kerkar was an Indian classical vocalist of the Jaipur-Atrauli gharana.
Died 1988
Mazhar Khan was an Indian film and television actor, producer and director.
Died 2012
Suthivelu was an Indian film character actor, and comedian known for his works in Telugu cinema.
Died 2017
Arjan Singh, Marshal of the Indian Air Force (b. 1919)