16 Jan: National Startup Day (India).
Important Events on 16 January.
1681 A.D. = Chhatrapati Sambhaji Raje crowned Chhatrapati.
1707 A.D. = The Scottish Parliament ratifies the Act of Union, paving the way for the creation of Great Britain.
1757 A.D. = Forces of the Maratha Empire defeat a 5,000-strong army of the Durrani Empire in the Battle of Narela.
1760 A.D. = The British capture Pondicherry from the French.
1920 A.D. = The League of Nations holds its first council meeting in Paris, France.
1969 A.D. = In Space Race between USA & USSR, Soviet spacecraft Soyuz 4 and Soyuz 5 perform the first-ever docking of crewed spacecraft in orbit, the first-ever transfer of crew from one space vehicle to another, and the only time such a transfer was accomplished with a space walk.
1995 A.D. = The Indian home-made missile ship - INS Vidyut was launched at Goa.
1996 A.D. = Hubble Space Telescope scientists claim to have discovered more than 100 new galaxies in space.
2003 A.D. = The Space Shuttle Columbia takes off for mission STS-107 which would be its final one. Columbia disintegrated 16 days later on re-entry.
2008 A.D. = Tata Motors unveiled the Nano, a Rs. 1 lakh People’s Car.
Important Birthdays on 16 January.
1931 A.D. = Subhash Mukhopadhyay (Indian Scientist, Physician from Hazaribagh, Bihar, and Orissa Province, British India).
Important Death Anniversary on 16 January.
1901 A.D. = Mahadev Govind Ranade (Indian Scholar, Social reformer, Judge, and Author).
1938 A.D. = Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay (Bengali Novelist and Short Story Writer of the early 20th century).
1966 A.D. = Sadhu Vaswani (Indian Educationist who started the Mira Movement).
