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Historical Event on 11/16/1991

Madhukar Karekar, famous journalist, died

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/5/1630Har Rai, Sikh Guru, was born.
1/14/1896Chintaman Dwarkanath Deshmukh, former Finance Minister of India, was born.
9/29/2000Union Minister of State for Agriculture S.B.P.B.K. Satyanarayana Rao quits the from Cabinet.
7/13/1947An Indian Independence Bill was moved in the British Parliament on 4th July 1947 which became an 'Act' on 13th July 1947. Two Boundary Commissions under Sir Cyril Radcliff were appointed to demarcate the boundaries of Punjab and Bengal.
4/2/1679Aurangzeb reimposed Jizya Tax to finance the spread of Islam on the Hindus.This Jeziya tax was abolished by Akbar.
6/1/1970Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Act was enforced. This act was passed in 1969.
2/4/1934Madhusudan Das ""Utkal Gourab"", passed away. He was described as a great Indian patriot, who wore himself out is giving shape and reality to various nation-building schemes. He wrote a number of articles and poems both in Oriya, English and Bengali to fill people with enthusiasm and patriotism. He was the first non-official Vice Chairman and then Chairman of Cuttack District Board.
11/8/1927Lal Krishna Adwani was born in Karachi (now in Pakistan).
11/8/1927Bahadur Shah captured the fort of Chittor and then marched against the Mughal emperor.
8/7/1868Pratham Chaudhary (Birbal), modern Bengali poet and critic, was born.