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Historical Event on 9/16/1990

Air India establishes a world record by evacuating more than 1.11 lakh people in eight weeks from Kuwait/Iraq during the Gulf War.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/6/1927First Indian Cinematograph Enquiry Committee, under the chairmanship of Diwan Bahadur T. Rangachariar, was appointed by the Government.
6/18/1946First Satyagraha movement was started for Goa liberation from the Portuguese.
4/14/1990L. P. Poarbosa sworn in as CM of Goa.
11/21/1963First sounding rocket launched from Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS). Thus started India's space programme.
1/14/1896Chintaman Dwarkanath Deshmukh, former Finance Minister of India, was born.
4/1/1995Open General Licence (OGL) list expanded from 43 to 75 as import of consumer goods liberalised.
10/29/1961New All India Muslim League was established.
5/25/1965Independent India had further clashes with Pakistan in 1965 and 1971, one over the intractable Kashmir dispute and the other over Bangladesh. A border war was also fought with China in 1962 in the North-Eastern region, which resulted in the loss of Aksai Chin in Ladakh and smaller areas in the North-east. India continues to dispute sovereignty over these areas.
10/3/1994Bhushan Tiwari, famous Hindi film actor of yesteryears, died.
11/20/1907Railroad workers strike in India.