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Historical Event on 8/16/1991

Indian Airliner Boeing 737 crashes in Manipur's Churachandpur district killing all 69 aboard.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/16/1991Francisco de Almeida, Viceroy of Protuguese India, passed away in a battle.
5/4/1993Santosh Yadav became the first Indian woman to conquer the Everest twice.
2/15/2000K.R. Narayanan, President, presents Dada Saheb Phalke Award for 1998 to B.R. Chopra for his contribution to Indian cinema.
7/29/1904Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhai Tata, president of Tata industrial group, was born in Paris, France. He was the first pilot of India to be conferred with the Bharat Ratna.
9/11/1995PM Narsimha Rao inaugurated the State Panchayat minister's meet for discussing panchayat election, devolution of administrative and financial power to the local bodies.
2/25/1992Beant Singh sworn in as CM of Punjab.
10/26/1996CBI detects a chain of bank transactions between August '93 and February '96 by four JMM leaders.
3/18/1953Backward Classes Commission inaugurated.
11/10/1938Mustafa Kemal Ataturk passed away at Istanbul.
11/19/1998Shruti Khanna won her Maiden title on Indian soil in the Northern India Ladies Championship at the Delhi Golf Course.