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Historical Event on 4/16/1918

Lalita Pawar, famous actress of Indian film industry, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/14/1957Children's Day.
2/11/1980Romesh Chandra Majumdar, great Bengali historian, passed away.
8/10/1894Varahagiri Venkata Giri, the fourth former President of India, was born at Berhampur in Orissa. He was one of the patriarchs of Trade Union Movement of India.
5/11/1995In central Kashmir, militants burnt the Charar-e-Sherif shrine (the tomb of Sufi saint Sheikh Noorudin Noorani) built in 1460 by Zain-ul- Abidin.
8/5/1999Nisha Millet became the first Indian swimmer to receive the International Olympic Committee's Solidarity Scholarship, given to sportspersons with outstanding track record and possessing Olympic potential.
2/20/1997RBI relaxes capital adequacy norms for commercial banks.
3/29/1989Central Institute of Fisheries Education gets the distinction of becoming the first Fisheries University in India.
11/15/1989Test debut of Sachin Tendulkar and Waqar Yunus at Karachi.
11/18/1999Three Lashkar-e-Taiba militants, including its Chief Commander, are killed in a fierce encounter with Special Operations Group (SOG) in Jammu and Kashmir.
1/25/1995India and South Africa sign three pacts to forge special ties.