16th Sep – What Happened Today In History? | On This Day

Today In History?

Find out what happened on the 16th of September in History. There are a lot many happenings which had taken place on this date in the pages of Indian History, here we have listed some of the very important events occur 16th of September

Chidambaram Palaniappan (born 16 September 1945) is an Indian politician with the Indian National Congress and the current Union Minister of Home Affairs of the Republic of India. Previously he was the Finance Minister of India from May 2004 to November 2008. However, after the resignation of Shivraj Patil, Chidambaram was made the Home Affairs Minister.

Meena Durairaj, is a South Indian film and television actress. Meena debuted as a child artist in Telugu and Tamil films and has later starred in films produced by various regional industries. She is one of the most established actresses in the southern Indian film industry. In addition to acting, Meena is also a top model,

Madurai Shanmukhavadivu Subbulakshmi Madhurai Shanmukhavadivu Subbulakshmi  16 September 1916 – 11 December 2004), also known as M.S., was a renowned Carnatic vocalist. She was the first musician ever to be awarded the Bharat Ratna, India’s highest civilian honor. She is the first Indian musician to receive the Ramon Magsaysay award,

Prasoon Joshi (born 16 September 1971) is an Indian lyricist, screenwriter and advertising copywriter. A prolific writer and poet, he published the first of his 3 books, “Main aur Woh”, when he was just 17. He has won the respected Filmfare Best Lyricist Award, twice, consecutively, in 2007 and 2008.

Ramalinga Raju is a former Indian IT Industrialist, who founded Satyam Computers in 1987 and was a Chairman of the company until January 7, 2009. Ramalinga Raju was born on September 16, 1954 in a family of farmers. He did his B. Com from Andhra Loyola College at Vijayawada and subsequently did his MBA from Ohio University, USA.

Death Anniversaries on 16th of September

Mazhar Khan (22 July 1953 – 16 September 1998) was an Indian film and television actor and producer and director. Mazhar made his debut in the 1979 film Sampark. He came into recognition with the 1980 film Shaan which was directed by Ramesh Sippy. He went on to appear in over 40 Hindi films playing villain and supporting roles throughout the 1980s and early 1990s.

Sir Ronald Ross KCB FRS (13 May 1857 – 16 September 1932) was a British doctor who received the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1902 for his work on malaria. His discovery of the malarial parasite in the gastrointestinal tract of the Anopheles mosquito led to the realization that malaria was transmitted by Anopheles, and laid the foundation for combating the disease.

Leopold Charles Maurice Stennett Amery CH (22 November 1873 – 16 September 1955), usually known as Leo Amery or L. S. Amery, was a British Conservative Party politician and journalist, noted for his interest in military preparedness, India, and the British Empire. Leopold Amery was born in Gorakhpur, India to an English father and a Hungarian Jewish mother.

Lieutenant Colonel Ardeshir Burzorji Tarapore was born on August 18, 1923 in Mumbai. He belongs to the family of General Ratanjiba who led the army of Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, who was awarded 100 villages of which Tarapore was main village. The name Tarapore comes for the same reason.

Maharaja Sher Singh (December 1807 – September 16 1843) was a Sikh ruler of the sovereign country of Punjab and the Sikh Empire. He was the son of Maharaja Ranjit Singh and Queen Rani Mehtab Kaur (not to be confused with Maharani Mahtab Devi Sahiba, d/o Maharaja Sansar Chand of Kangra, another wife of Maharaja Ranjit Singh) who was also the mother of Prince Tara Singh (1807-1859).

Notable Moments:

 16-September-1913 Kasturba Gandhi was arrested

 16-September-1931 Political prisoners Tarkeshwar Dutta and Santosh Mitra were shot by an officer at Hijli detention camp near Kharagpur. They were arrested for attending the Hijli meeting.

 16-September-1967 Tibetan, Indian and Chinese troops engage in fighting at Natu La pass on the Tibet-Sikkim border.

16-September-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.

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