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Historical Event on 8/16/1932

Britain instituted new electoral plan for India: to allow limited untouchables and giving them separate representation.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/24/1929First non-stop flight from England to India takes-off.
1/1/1980This decade was announced to be observed as the ""International Decade of Water & Sanitation"".
5/1/1994Six leading Akali factions dissolved to form a new party, the Shiromani Akali Dal-Amritsar, which wanted a 'Sikh State'.
2/10/1946Gandhiji revives 'Harijan' and allied group of weekly journals.
9/14/1953Andhra Pradesh was established. Hyderabad became the capital instead of Karnul.
9/14/1953Firuz Shah Bahmani died.
3/1/1818Singhgad won by the Britishers after the end of Peshwa kingdom.
4/24/1965Kosi Barrage inaugurated by King Mahendra of Nepal.
1/20/1871Sir Ratanji Jamshedji Tata, famous Indian industrialist, was born.
11/21/1971Rebellion in East Pakistan (formerly Bengal). Ten million Bengalis flee to India. Indo-Pak border clashes escalate to war. India defeats West Pakistan. E. Pakistan becomes independent Bangladesh.
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