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Historical Event on 11/16/1991

Madhukar Karekar, famous journalist, died

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/15/1958Gift Tax Act was introduced.
3/5/1851Geological Survey of India was established in Calcutta.
4/4/1912Dhundiraj Gopal Sapre, Sahityaratna and Sanskrit litterateur, was born.
2/6/1949India to nationalize the estate of Nizam, the world's richest man, from Hyderabad.
2/18/1871Vishnubuwa Brahamchari, first missionary of Hindu religion, passed away.
5/21/1923Keshavrao Kothavle `Lalit', editor of monthly magazine, was born.
7/10/1999The Delhi police arrest Mohammad Javed alias Babu Bhai, an accused in the Jain Hawala case.
11/29/1996Shaleem I. Shervani, Minister of State for Health & Family Welfare and President, ICMR Governing Body, was the Chief Guest at the concluding ceremony of the year long celebrations of the 85th year of ICMR at New Delhi. He released a special issue of the ICMR Bulletin on this occasion and presented momentos to the former Additional Directors-General and Directors-General of the ICMR.
12/17/1998Jyotirmoyee bags her second gold at the Asian Games, winning the women's 800m. Rosakutty finishes second. Bantamweight pugilist Dingko Singh clinches a gold while Indian pair of Sethi-Shandilya strikes top prize in billiards doubles category.
4/6/1968Indira Gandhi,PM, inaugurated the construction of Bokaro Steel Plant.