ON 16 FEBRUARY IN SOUTH ASIAN HISTORY
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Updated on February 16, 2019
1781: After Warren Hastings sent another force against Mahadaji Sindhia, General Camac defeats Sindhia at Sipri which will lead to the Treaty of Salbai on 17 May 1782 guaranting peace for twenty years
1944: Death of Dadasaheb phalke.Indian filmmaker, born on April 30,.1870
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dadasaheb_Phalke
http://www.mapsofindia.com/on-this-day/16-february-1944-dadasaheb-phalke-director-and-screenwriter-died
1981: Start of a voyage of pope John-Paul II to Pakistan, Philippines and Japon
http://www.aenet.org/popepaul/pope0.htm
2009: The Pakistani government and Taliban of the Swat Valley sign an agreement. Sharia will be applied in this region
2015: India seals nuclear energy pact with Sri Lanka, hopes to push back Chinese influence
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/preempting-china-india-inks-nuclear-pact-with-sri-lanka/article6902874.ece?homepage=true
http://www.voanews.com/content/sri-lanka-new-president-meets-with-indian-pm/2645674.html