April 16 in History: Did you know Charlie Chaplin was born on this day? Imp days inside
Historical Significance of April 16 along with the important events took place on this day
History has been often subjugated by almost all of us during our school days, but now we repent it because competitive exams ask for more than just remembering the facts. We are here to accompany you to accomplish your dream of clearing the competitive exams. Following are some of the historical events that happened on this day which you need to know.
Here are some of the events happened in Indian history.
1848, Kandukuri Veeresalingam born
social reformer and writer of Madras Presidency, British India, kandukuri was born in Rajamahendravaram, Andhra Pradesh. He is considered the father of the renaissance movement in Telugu. He was one of the Social reformers who fought for women education and remarriage of the widows.
Indian mathematician, Gopinath Kallianpur born
Gopinath Kallianpur (1925–2015) was an Indian American mathematician and statistician who became the first director of the Indian Statistical Institute (1976–79) under its new Memorandum of Association.
Indian Indologist and historian Ramachandra Dikshitar born
Ramachandra Dikshitar (16 April 1896 – 24 November 1953) was a historian, Indologist and a Dravidologist from the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. He was a professor of history and archaeology in the University of Madras and is the author of standard textbooks on Indian history.
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Global Historical events
1889 Charlie Chaplin born
Hollywood legend Charlie Chaplin is born Charles Spencer Chaplin in London, England. Charlie came into limelight during the era of silent film. British comedian, writer director and composer Charlie is widely regarded as the greatest comic artist and one of the most important figures in motion graphics.
1917 Lenin returned from exile
Leader of the Bolshevik party, Vladimir Lenin returned to Petrograd, Russia, after a decade of exile, to take the reins of the Russian Revolution. Lenin’s interest in revolution came after his brother’s execution in 1887 for plotting to assassinate the Czar Alexandra II.
1947 Bernard Baruch coins the term ‘World War’
Multimillionaire and financier Bernard Baruch, in a speech given during the unveiling of his portrait in the South Carolina House of Representatives coins the term “Cold War” to describe relations between the United States and the Soviet Union. Bernard has served many important posts, he was one of the U.S Advisers at the Paris Peace Conference that ended World War I.
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1947, 581 died in the Texas fertilizer explosion.
A giant explosion occurs during the loading of fertilizers onto the freighter Grand camp at a pier in Texas City, Texas. 581 people lost their lives and thousands were injured in this accident. The blast was heard 150 miles away and was so powerful that the ship’s 1.5- ton anchor was found two miles away. The force of the explosion lifted another ship right out of the water.
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