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Historical Event on 6/16/1992
P. D. Dhhavle, former editor of daily newspaper `Maharashtra', passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/19/1947 | Salman Rushdie, English writer, was born in Bombay. |
| 8/9/1997 | Sonia Gandhi addresses Congress plenary session at Calcutta. |
| 4/3/1999 | India's INSAT-2E multipurpose telecommunications satellite is successfully launched from the Kourou space station in French Guyana. |
| 3/10/1997 | Maharashtra government renames Osmanabad as Dharashiva. |
| 5/29/1967 | First blowdown of the 4 ft trisonic tunnel; the tunnel with all auxiliary facilities such as compressor system, electrical sub-station, design office and model fabrication shop is formally set up and commissioned by National Aeronautical Laboratory. |
| 12/21/1921 | Praphulchandra Natwarlal Bhagwati, justice of Supreme Court, was born. |
| 2/19/1670 | Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, the great Maratha, was born. |
| 11/29/1961 | First cosmonaut of the world, Yuri Gagarin of Russia, came to India. |
| 11/8/1997 | India lifts Asia Cup tennis title in Delhi. |
| 1/24/1958 | First international Film Festival started in Mumbai. |
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