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Historical Event on 11/16/1991

Madhukar Karekar, famous journalist, died

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/1/1998Tatas withdraw their Rs. 1,475-crore proposal to operate an airline with foreign equity participation in the domestic sector.
10/5/1993Geet Sethi retained World Billiards title by beating Mike Russel.
9/12/1779Garibdas, follower of Saint Kabir and founder of 'Garib Panth', died.
7/8/1999The bodies of 12 soldiers, who martyred in Kargil battle, were brought to New Delhi. So far 321 soldiers were killed and 476 wounded in operation Vijay.
6/29/1976Sandhya Chib, Miss India-Universe (1996), was born.
4/27/1994Supreme Court strikes down section 309 of the Indian Penal Code(which makes suicide a punishable offence)- violative of Article 21.
5/5/1955Indian parliament accept Hindu divorce.
6/15/1659Aurangzeb was declared as the Emperor of India at Red Fort Delhi.
11/2/1950India rebukes Mao for invasion of Tibet.
6/6/1986Militant Sikhs in Amritsar call for the murder of Surjit Singh Barnala, Chief Minister of Punjab and J.F. Ribeiro, the Chief of Police.