Historical Events on February 16.

1.  1659, 16th February: The first check was withdrawn from a British bank, housed in the National Westminster Bank.

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3.  1704, 16th February: Aurangzeb conquered Rajgad fort and renamed it as Nabishahagad.

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5.  1918, 16th February: Lithuania declared independence from Russia and Germany.

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7.  1959, 16th February: Fidel Castro became the President of Cuba.

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9.  1960, 16th February: US submarine Triton started to orbit the earth underwater.

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11.  1982, 16th February: Jawaharlal Nehru International Gold Cup Football tournament organized for the first time in Kolkata, India.

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13.  1985, 16th February: Hezbollah, a radical Shia Muslim organization, formed in Lebanon.

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15.  2005, 16th February: The Kyoto Treaty came into existence seven years after the world’s major countries agreed to protect the environment.

Famous Birthdays & Birth Anniversaries on February 16.

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2.  1222: Nichiren, a Japanese Buddhist priest of the Kamakura period, who developed the teachings of Nichiren Buddhism, a branch school of Mahayana Buddhism.

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4.  1822: Sir Francis Galton, an English statistician.

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6.  1928: Dinesh Nandini Dalmia, an Indian poet, short story writer, and novelist.

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8.  1954: Michael Holding, a Jamaican cricket commentator, and former cricketer.

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10.  1964: Bebeto, a Brazilian former professional football player.

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12.  1978: Wasim Jaffer, an Indian former cricketer.

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14.  1997: Pardeep Narwal, an Indian kabaddi player.

Death Anniversaries of famous people on February 16.

1.  1944: Dadasaheb Phalke, an Indian producer-director-screenwriter, known as the Father of Indian cinema.

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3.  1956: Meghnad Saha, an Indian astrophysicist who developed the Saha ionization equation.

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5.  1996: R. D. Aga, an Indian industrialist and founder of Thermax.

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7.  2000: Karsten Solheim, an American golf club designer, and businessman.

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9.  2000: Bellary Kesavan, the first National Librarian of independent India.

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11.  2015: R. R. Patil, an Indian politician from the state of Maharashtra. 

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16-February-1745

Thorle Madhavrao, fourth Peshwa in Maratha kingdom, was born.

16-February-1896

Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala', great Hindi poet, litterateur, writer, social worker and editor, was born.

16-February-1905

Padmabhushan Aliyawar Jang, former Governor of Maharashtra, was born.

16-February-1911

Bhalchandra Gopal Bapat, newspaper editor and educationalist, was born.

16-February-1923

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

16-February-1927

Rail service started between India and Nepal.

16-February-1931

Viceroy Lord Irwin meets Mahatma Gandhi for the first time.

16-February-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.

16-February-1933

Surya Sen Masterda, revolutionary freedom fighter, who attacked the Armoury of Chittagong with 62 men of the Indian Republican Army and was underground on Jalalabad Hills, was arrested.

16-February-1942

The third IAF unit to operate the Lysander was No.4 Squadron, formed with four aircraft on 16 February 1942. This squadron was to continue to operate the Westland aircraft until it too was re-equipped with the Hurricane in June 1943.

16-February-1944

Dadasaheb Phalke passed away in Nasik at the age of 74. He is remembered as the 'Father of Indian Cinema'. He produced India's first feature Film, 'Raja Harishchandra'. He was Director, Producer, Writer, Editor & Laboratorian. Dada Saheb Phalke Award issued by Government of India is given in his memory.

16-February-1955

Maghnath Saha, famous scientist, passed away.

16-February-1962

General Election ( 3rd) of India begins.

16-February-1968

Beatles George Harrison and John Lennon along with their wives fly to India for transcendental meditation study with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.

16-February-1969

Mirza Ghalib centenary stamp released.

16-February-1980

The first visible Total Solar Eclipse of the 20th Century was seen. This succeeded the total solar eclipse after 22 June 1898.

16-February-1982

Jawaharlal Nehru was staged first time in Calcutta Invitation International Gold Cup Football Tournament.

16-February-1982

Sibnath Banerjee, great social worker and leader, passed away.

16-February-1986

The Silver Jubilee of I.N.S.- Vikrant, India's only aircraft carrier, fails.

16-February-1992

Abbas Musawi, leader of Hezbollah, assassinated.

16-February-1993

Dr. U.R. Ananta Murthy elected President of the Kendra Sahitya Academy.

16-February-1994

Military Museum established at Ahmadnagar.

16-February-1994

Nivrittibuwa Sarnaik, veteran singer of 'Jaipur Gharana', passed away.

16-February-1997

Ramakrishna Hegde launches a new national political party, Lok Shakti.

16-February-1997

Tribal militants kill 21 persons in Tripura.

16-February-1998

Delhi-Tamil Nadu Ranji Trophy super-league encounter in Chennai comes to an abrupt halt with Delhi skipper and batsman Ajay Sharma sighting boot marks short of the good length area.