History Of 16 September | On This Day In World

In the history of the World, some other important events recorded on the date of 16 September are as follows: -

➧ 1795: Britain occupied Cape Town, South Africa.

➧ 1810: Miguel Hidalgo began the struggle for the independence of Mexico from Spain.

➧ 1821: The independence of Mexico was recognized.

➧ 1861: The opening of savings accounts in the post office in Britain was started.

➧ 1916: Indian actress and singer M.S. Subbulakshmi was born.

➧ 1932: Dr. Ronald Ross, the Nobel laureate who discovered malaria, a deadly disease spread by mosquitoes, passed away.

➧ 1943: General Vatutin of the Soviet Union recaptured Romney.

➧ 1963: North Borneo, Sarawak and Singapore merged to form a new country in the Federation of Malay. Malaysia was merged with Singapore in Malay. However, Malaysia was separated in 1965.

➧ 1967: The Soviet Union conducted a nuclear test in eastern Kazakh.

➧ 1975: Papua New Guinea was liberated from Australia.

➧ 1978: General Zia-ul-Haq was elected President of Pakistan.

➧ 1986: Hundreds of people lost their lives due to being trapped in the Kinross gold mine of South Africa.

➧ 2000: 25th Toronto International Film Festival: "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" directed by Ang Lee wins the People's Choice Award.

➧ 2007: A One-to-Go airline carrying 128 crew and other passengers crashed in Thailand, killing 89 people in Thailand.

➧ 2007: The Chief Election Commissioner of Pakistan amended the election laws to allow Pervez Musharraf to run for re-election as President.

➧ 2009: The Incredible India Science Campaign, which presented India as an outstanding tourist destination to the world, received the British Award.

➧ 2014: Islamic State waged war against Syrian Kurdish fighters.

➧ 2019: 50,000 General Motors workers in the US go on strike over wages and factory closures.

➧ 2020: Dr Kapila Vatsyayan, a veteran scholar of Indian classical dance, art, architecture and art history, passed away. She was the founding director of the Indira Gandhi National Center for the Arts.

➧ 2020: The Tata Group won the contract for the construction of the new Parliament House at a bid of Rs 861.90 crore. Larsen & Toubro, which bid Rs 865 crore, was defeated by Tata.

➧ 2020: The Lok Sabha passed an amendment bill in the Banking Regulation Act to bring co-operative banks under the supervision of the Reserve Bank of India. The amendment bill had replaced the ordinance promulgated on June 26, 2020.

➧ 2020: India, South Africa and Brazil jointly called for comprehensive reforms in the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) at the IBSA Foreign Ministers' virtual meeting.

➧ 2020: Titan Company partnered with State Bank of India (SBI) to launch India's first contactless payment watches named "Titan Pay". Using these watches, SBI account holders can tap their Titan Pay watch on the contactless payment POS machines to make payments. This YONO is powered by SBI.

➧ 2020: The fourth edition of the Global Ayurveda Summit was inaugurated virtually by Vice President Muppavarapu Venkaiah Naidu on the theme "Emerging Opportunities for Ayurveda during the Pandemic".