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Historical Event on 10/16/1990
Dr. Nelson Mandela, conferred with 'Bharat Ratna', the highest civilian honour.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/19/1907 | Acharya Hajariprasad Dwivedi was born. |
| 7/7/1973 | 78 drowned as flash flood sweeped a bus into a river (India). |
| 5/30/1950 | Devdutta Ramkrishna Bhandarkar, great historian and archaeologist, passed away. |
| 9/10/1912 | B. D. Jatti, former Vice President of India, was born. |
| 10/25/1964 | First indigenous tank was manufactured in Awdi factory and was named 'Vijayant'. |
| 12/14/1931 | Viceroy of India issues new powers to seize properties of those who, following independence leader Gandhi, refuse to pay taxes. |
| 3/26/1918 | Vanavihari B.N. Sundara Rao, great author and journalist, was born at Varthur, Bangalore. |
| 12/17/1914 | Syed Mushtaq Ali Takub Khan, cricketer, prolific Indian batsman of 30's & 40's, was born in Indore. |
| 10/30/1949 | Pramond Venkatesh Devidas Mahajan was born in Mahaboobnagar (Andhra Pradesh). |
| 7/25/2000 | Two Indians Aruna Roy from Rajasthan and Jockin Arputham, founder of the Indian National Slum Dwellers' Association, chosen for the Ramon Magsaysay award for public service. |
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