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Historical Event on 6/16/1997
P. Sukumaran (50), Malayalam film actor, died in Kochi.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/25/1989 | India's first super-computer X-MP-14 of US make was dedicated to the nation. |
| 4/24/1858 | Kunwar Singh, revolutionary of Indian mutiny and freedom fighter, passed away. He fought his last battle near Jagdishpur, Bihar on April 23, 1858 and defeated the Britishers but was deeply wounded. He also organised the national rebels. |
| 10/15/1999 | Maharashtra Governor P. C. Alexander asks both the BJP-Shiv Sena combine and the Congress(I) for proof. |
| 8/18/1900 | Vijayalakshmi Pandit, first woman President of U.N.O. General Assembly, was born. |
| 5/7/1849 | Bethune College of Calcutta was established in the upper class families and it was started for female education. |
| 9/20/1856 | Narayan Guru was born in Chempazhanthi village of Kerala. Sri Narayan Guru was a social reformer, led reform movement in Kerala, rejected casteism, and promoted new values of spiritual freedom and social equality. He also stressed the need for the spiritual and social uplift of the downtrodden by their own efforts through the establishment of temples and educational institutions. In the process, he denounced the superstitions that clouded the fundamental Hindu cultural convention of caste. |
| 1/6/1999 | Shiv Sena activists dug up the Kotla pitch in Delhi with a view to prevent the Indo-Pakistan first Test which was to commence from Jan. 28. |
| 5/17/1974 | Durgadas, famous Indian journalist, passed away. |
| 5/21/1927 | Cargo Transportation service started between Calcutta and Bagdogra. |
| 11/2/1841 | Akbar Khan revolts against Shah Shuja in Afghanistan. |
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