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Historical Event on 6/16/1997

P. Sukumaran (50), Malayalam film actor, died in Kochi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/3/1972First British designed Indian built mordern warship of the Leander class, 'INS Nilgiri' commissioned Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, was completely made in Mazgaon Dock, Mumbai.
3/29/1914Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram came in India.
12/31/1900Krishna Narayan Ratanjankar, famous musician and writer of Tan Sangrah in three parts and Abhinav Geet Mangari, was born in Bombay.
2/22/1996Madanlal Khurana, Delhi CM, resigns (Hawala scandal).
3/26/1997Andhra Pradesh Assembly passes a Bill to amend the Prohibition Act, ending the state's 2-year experiment with total prohibition.
10/2/1951Dr. Shyamprasad Mukharjee established Bhartiya JanSangh Party.
4/17/1945Gandhiji, in a statement regarding the ensuing San Francisco Conference, says that 'peace is impossible without equality and freedom of India'. Also demands a just peace for Germany and Japan.
4/27/1986Congress (I) expels former Union Minister Pranab Kumar Mukherjee from the party for 6 years.
2/6/1949India to nationalize the estate of Nizam, the world's richest man, from Hyderabad.
3/16/1924Bhupendranath Basu, great freedom fighter, President of Congress and fluent orator, passed away.