On This Day
16 June
- 🇮🇳 In India
- 1861 Harish Chandra Mukherjee, journalist and patriot, died. He fought for the indigo cultivators (and against the indigo planters) and forced the government to bring about changes.
- 1925 Chittaranjan Das (popularly called Deshbandhu), freedom fighter, political activist and lawyer, died. He was the founder-leader of the Swaraj Party in Bengal during the period of British colonial rule in India. His name is abbreviated as C R Das.
- 2007 It was reported that a coin shortage had gripped Calcutta, India. Bank officials investigated claims that coins were being melted down to make razor blades.
- 🌎 Elsewhere
- 1963 The world's first female space traveler, Valentina Tereshkova, was launched into orbit by the Soviet Union aboard Vostok VI.
- 2010 The world's first country-wide total tobacco ban goes into effect when Bhutan banned the cultivation, harvesting, production, and sale of tobacco and tobacco products.
- ⭐ Significance
- Father's Day, held annually on the third Sunday of June, is celebrated worldwide to recognize the contribution that fathers and father figures make to the lives of their children.
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