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Historical Event on 11/16/1986

Second SAARC summit held at Bangalore.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/20/1654Portugal was taken over by Britishers.
3/5/1931Mahatma Gandhi & British viceroy Lord Irwin sign a pact referred in Indian History as ""Gandhi-Irwin Pact"", after which the civic disobedience movement was taken back.
5/15/1999The BJP and at least 13 of its allies rename themselves the National Democratic Alliance.
7/1/1991Rupee devalued by 8.5\%.
2/6/1990Ashok Shandilya of Railways wins National billiards crown.
7/31/1993Air Chief Marshal Nirmal Chandra Suri PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC. retired as the Air Officer Commanding, India Command.
10/15/1931Avil Pakir Jalaluddin Abdul Kalam better known as "APJ", famous Indian scientist, was born in the temple town of Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu. He is the pioneer of India's missile programme and was awarded the country's highest civilian award, Bharat Ratna, in 1997, for his immense and valuable contribution to scientific research and modernisation of defence technol
10/28/1928M.G.K. Menon, Physics expert, was born.
10/28/1928Sheikh Mirza, chieftain of a small state of Ferghana, was born in Turkmenistan.
9/1/1978Air Chief Marshal Idris Hasan Latif, PVSM, became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 31/Aug/1981.