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Historical Event on 3/16/1946

India calls Attlee's independence offer contradictory, 'a propaganda move'.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/3/1996Leander Paes wins a bronze (tennis) at Atlanta, bringing India an Olympic medal after a gap of 16 years.
5/11/1985Fifteen hundred people were arrested in Sikh violence.
1/14/1998Prof. Amartya Kumar Sen, Economist, is sworn in new Master of the Trinity College. He is the first Asian to head a Cambridge College.
8/17/1947The first British troop leaves for England after Indian independence.
2/22/1944Kasturba Gandhi passed away in British imprisonment in Aga Khan Palace at Pune.
11/7/2000The BJP firebrand Uma Bharti makes a triumphant return to the Union Ministry as Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs and Arun Jaitley gets elevated as Cabinet Minister in a mini expansion. Maj.Gen. (Retd) B. C. Khanduri takes oath as Minister of State for Transport and Highways.
3/14/1999Arjun Atwal won the Indian Open Golf in Calcutta.
7/1/1852For the first time in Asia, Postal Stamp for the general public was issued by Sindh Province in Karachi.
5/10/1981The first day and night cricket match of India was played at the flood-lit ground of the Wilson College Gymkhana (Bombay).
10/29/1991Janta Dal leaders inculding V.P. Singh arrested on way to Ayodhya.