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Historical Event on 11/16/1990

Chandrasekhar Government wins confidence motion of 280 for 214 against and 11 abstained (17 members were absent).

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/12/1952J&K Assembly decided to terminate hereditary monarchy.
10/15/1943Baba Kanshi Ram, freedom fighter and social reformer, passed away.
3/15/1998Mr. Vajpayee is appointed Prime Minister. The number of MPs supporting the formation of a government by the BJP stands at 264 in a house of 539, just short of the working majority of 270. However, the President sees the figure as crossing the half-way mark as the Telugu Desam decides to remain neutral. Earlier, the Congress(I) conveys to the President its decision not to stake claim to form a government.
9/26/1979Charan Singh launches a new party called the Lok Dal.
8/13/1638Durgadas Rathore, social reformer, was born at Salwa.
3/21/1993The 68 km Mangalore-Udupi stretch of the west coast Konkan rail line opened by the PM.
2/16/1993Dr. U.R. Ananta Murthy elected President of the Kendra Sahitya Academy.
12/31/1996Gold import policy liberalised.
5/15/1864Mahavirprasad Dvivedi, famous Hindi litterateur, poet, writer and editor, was born at Daulatpur village in UP.
8/15/1982Doordarshan's national programme and the first nationwide colour transmission started by Delhi Doordarshan.