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Historical Event on 11/16/1993

Kashmir's 32-day-old Hazaratbal impasse ends with militants' surrender.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/16/1993Firuz Shah Bahmani died.
9/29/1971Cyclone & tidal wave off Bay of Bengal kills as many as 10,000 people.
5/28/1968Bhagwan Gopinathji Bhan, was a mystic saint of early 20th century Kashmir in India. He has been called a ""jivanmukta"" (liberated soul) or ""Aghoreshwar"" and his spiritual state has been described as ""Shambhavi Avastha"" (state of Shiva), died. He was a great devotee of Shiva and Shakti and took intense "Sadhana". His disciples and devotees set up an ashram at Kharyar in Srinagar in his name.
9/21/1862Venkat Apparao Gurjad, famous Telegu poet, playwright, story writer, critic and social reformer, was born.
11/29/1869Amritlal Vithaldas Thakkar (Thakkar Bappa), social reformer of Gujrat and right hand of Gandhiji in socially segregated Harijans, was born at Bhavnagar, Saurashtra.
12/28/1984Eighth General Election of India ends. Indian National Congress party wins with thumping majority.
11/8/2000India wins the men's team title in the World Carrom championship in New Delhi.
6/6/1990GOI decides to extend validity of passports to 10 years.
3/10/1997Maharashtra government renames Osmanabad as Dharashiva.
6/2/1756Fort William, the English stronghold in Bengal, was surrendered to Siraj-ud-Daulah.