16 October in Hindu history
16 October 179916 October 1905
Veerapandiya Kattabomman hanged at Kayathar
The palayakkarar of Panchalankurichi, who refused to pay tribute to the Company, is betrayed, captured and hanged from a tamarind tree at Kayathar.
Bengal partitioned; Rakhi Bandhan in protest
Lord Curzon’s partition of Bengal comes into force. Tagore leads crowds to the Ganga to tie rakhis on one another’s wrists, and Vande Mataram rings through Calcutta.