16th February- What Happened Today In History? | On This Day

Today In History? 

Find out what happened on 16th February 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 occurred 16th February

Darshan Thoogudeep , frequently credited professionally as Darshan, is an Indian film actor and a film producer. He has acted in several Kannada Films, including the films Kariya (2003), Gaja (2008) and Saarathi (2011). In 2006, Darshan started a production house called “Thoogudeepa Productions”.

Inderjeet Singh Johar (16 February 1920 – 10 March 1984), better known as I. S. Johar, was an Indian actor, writer, producer and director. He was born on 16 February 1920, in Tollagannj, British India. He completed MA degree in Economics and Politics before completing his LLB. The Partition of India prompted the migration of many established luminaries of the Indian cinema,

Shoma Anand (born 16 February 1958) is an Indian television and film actress. Although she has played frequently supporting roles or made cameo appearances throughout the 1980s and 1990s, she had a few films in which she was the lead, such as Jagir and Coolie in the 80s

Wasim Jaffer  pronunciation (help·info) (born February 16, 1978) is an Indian cricketer. He is a right-handed opening batsman and an occasional right arm off-break bowler.He is currently the highest run-getter in ranji trophy surprassing Amol Muzumdar. Following a prolific school career, during which he scored 400 not out in one innings as a 15 year old,

Lagadapati Rajagopal ( ;Born 16 February 1961) is an Indian industrialist, entrepreneur and Politician, who is currently serving as the 15th Loksabha Member for Vijayawada constituency in Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh. He is a politician belonging to the Indian National Congress party

Death anniversaries on 16th February

Dhundiraj Govind Phalke, popularly known as Dadasaheb Phalke  ( pronunciation (help·info)) (30 April 1870 – 16 February 1944) was an Indian producer-director-screenwriter, known as the father of Indian cinema. Starting with his debut film, Raja Harishchandra in 1913

Meghnad Saha FRS  (6 October 1893 – 16 February 1956) was an Indian astrophysicist noted for his development in 1920 of the thermal ionization equation, has remained fundamental in all work on Stellar atmospheres. This equation has been widely applied to the interpretation of stellar spectra,

Major General William George Walker VC, CB (28 May 1863 – 16 February 1936) was a British recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

Notable Events:

1923 Vishnu Moreshwar Mahajani, famous author, poet and playwright, passed away.

1927 Rail service started between India and Nepal.

1931 Viceroy Lord Irwin meets Mahatma Gandhi for the first time.

1932 Sibnath Banerjee, trade union movement leader, passed away. He founded several organisation like Congress Socialist Party, A.I.T.U.C. and Hind Mazdoor Sabha, etc.

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