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Historical Event on 1/16/1989

Prem Nazir, famous actor of more than 620 Malayalam films, died at the age of 59 yrs.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/12/1996Election Commission rejects claim by Indira Congress as the real Congress. The 'hand' symbol will remain with Indian National Congress headed by PVN Rao.
6/20/1997Second round of Foreign Secretary-level talks between India and Pakistan starts in Islamabad.
4/1/1973India starts a drive to save tigers from extinction.
1/15/1784Sir William Jones, Judge and linguist, and Sir Warren Hastings established the Asiatic Society of Bengal at Calcutta. This was the first scholastic institution.
7/31/2000The Government announces appointment of Justice B. M. Lal as Chairman of the MRTP Commission.
4/11/2000Ms. Jhumpa Lahiri, an author of Indian origin, wins the Pulitzer Prize for fiction for her debut collection of short stories 'Interpreter of Maladies'.
1/17/1833William Rush, Indian sculptor (Spirit of the Schuylkill), passed away.
7/1/1989Yashvantrao Chavan Open University was established.
2/23/1980Prakash Padukone becomes the first Indian to win All-England Badminton Championship.
7/12/1947Pochiah Krishnamurthy, great Indian cricket wicket-keeper (1971 WI tour), was born in Hyderabad.