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Historical Event on 2/16/1993

Dr. U.R. Ananta Murthy elected President of the Kendra Sahitya Academy.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/1/1977M. L. Wadhawan was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 02-09-1979.
6/12/1947Gandhiji addresses Congress Working Committee.
7/19/1998The INSAT-2C satellite suffers ``disorientation'' - loss of earth lock - briefly.
7/2/1929Amritlal Basu, famous Bengali playwright, died.
12/12/1925Dattatreya Gajanan Phadkar alias ""Dattu"" Phadkar, cricketer (pace bowler all-rounder for India), Kolhapur, Maharastra, was born.
3/17/1959Dalai Lama XIV flees from Tibet after Chinese military occupied Tibet.
10/13/1989Panchayati Raj and Nagarpalika Bills defeated in Rajya Sabha.
12/23/1912Rash Behari Ghosh and Sachin Sanyal threw a bomb at Viceroy Lord Hardinge II in Delhi. He had come to Delhi on an elephant for the initiation of the new capital. The Viceroy was injured in the bomb blast.
7/21/1993Jayalalitha ends fast, Centre to set up a committee; Karnataka rejects the proposal.
11/29/1994M.H. Kania, former Chief Justice of India made Chairman of the 14th Law Commission.