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Historical Event on 12/16/1867
Amy Carmichael, Scotch Irish missionary, was born. She went to India in 1895 under the Zenana Missionary Society, remaining there without furlough until her death 56 years later. An invalid during her last 20 years, she worked to rescue children from the Hindus.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/16/1933 | 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. |
| 11/13/1909 | Gandhiji left England for South Africa and wrote ''Hind Swaraj'' on board S.S. Kildonan Castle. |
| 7/19/1949 | Raja of Tehri Garhwal announces merger with Indian Union. |
| 8/30/1993 | LPG, Petrol dealers get higher commission. |
| 12/25/1889 | Pandurangi Kodanda Rao, journalist, Hindi writer and social worker, was born in Visakhapatnam, A.P. |
| 8/13/1928 | Nationalists issue a draft constitution calling for dominion status and a two-chamber parliament. |
| 6/19/1997 | Indian flag cargo ship, M. V. Arcadia Pride, sinks in inclement weather, seven nautical miles off Colaba, Mumbai, leaving four sailors dead and 20 missing. In the rescue and search operation by the Indian Navy, nine persons were rescued. |
| 4/19/1960 | Meeting of Afro-Asian Conference at New Delhi. |
| 7/13/1998 | India and Germany sign an agreement on promoting and protecting investment in Bonn. |
| 11/10/1901 | Formal inauguration of the new North-West Frontier Province created out of the Punjab. |
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