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Historical Event on 8/16/1991
C. Achuta Menon, former CM of Kerala, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/24/2000 | Hyrunnisa, suspected to be the key accused in the Kollam liquor tragedy, nabbed along with her husband and a worker in her shop in Guruvayur. |
| 12/17/1978 | Dhirendranath Ganguly, father of Bengali film industry, died. |
| 7/24/1993 | Vajpayee elected leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha. |
| 7/28/1997 | 12 persons are killed and 69 injured as New Delhi-bound Karnataka Express rams Himsagar Express at Old Faridabad station level-crossing in Haryana. |
| 4/20/1965 | First Indian team led by M. S. Kohli ascends the Everest. |
| 3/17/1782 | Salby Teaty was singed between Anderson (British) and Scindia for the Maratha and East India Company. |
| 5/3/1969 | Dr. Zakir Hussain(1897-1969), third President of India and the first Muslim President who occupied this office on 13 May, 1967, passed away. He is also remembered as an educationist. |
| 12/23/1889 | Mehr Chand Mahajan, Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born. |
| 8/15/1968 | Marathwada', a daily newspaper, published. |
| 2/17/1992 | Tripura's Congress (I) ministry falls as TUJS withdraws support. |
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