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Historical Event on 5/16/1994

Phani Mujumdar, veteran film producer and director, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/14/1910Further unrest took place in Lhasa, Tibet, following the arrest of Dalai Lama's agent by the Chinese on the Chinese frontier with India.
2/11/1847Thomas Alva Edison, great scientist and inventor of electric light lamp, was born at Milan, Ohio.
1/25/2000The Government awards Padma Vibhushan to R.K. Narayan, Dr.M.S. Gill; Padma Bhushan for Rajnikant and Padmashri for A.R. Rehman.
4/24/1980Baba Gurbachan Singh, Nirankari chief, assassinated. His son named as the new chief.
1/20/1959Tej Bahadur Sapru passed away.
8/1/1993Dr. K. N. Raju, a Nilakantan protegee, assumes office as NAL's fourth Director.
6/11/1997I.K. Gujral, PM, asserts that India had not deployed the `Prithvi' ballistic missile anywhere in the country or on the border.
1/18/1970Kishan Singh at Cuttack sets record for 50 Km W.in 4.19.48.
3/8/2000The Gujarat Government withdraws its January 3 notification, thus reimposing the ban on its employees from participating in RSS activities.
11/25/1992Mamata Banerjee, Union Minister of State for Sports, resigns to fight Bengal CPM.