16-September-1913

Kasturba Gandhi was arrested. 16-September-1916

M. S. Subalaxmi, famous classical singer and Bharat Ratna awardee, was born. 16-September-1916

D. R. Samant, journalist and social reformer, was born at Ratnagiri, Maharashtra. 16-September-1929

Yerramilli Janardan Rao, educationist, was born at Tanuku, (W. Godavari). 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-1931

Ennackal Chandy George Sudarshan, popularly known as George Sudarshan, was born in Kottayam, Kerala. He was a physicist of world repute. 16-September-1931

R. Ramachandra Rao, cricket test umpire for one test in 1986-87, was born at Tamil Nadu.

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