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Historical Event on 8/16/1994

Government agrees to present the revised ATR on JPC report on Scam; Parliament crisis defused.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/12/1917Mulvantrai Himatlal Mankad better known as ""Vinoo Mankad"", cricketer (India's greatest all-rounder to his time), was born at Jamnagar.
4/30/1908Khudiram Bose along with Prafulla Chaki had planned to throw a bomb at a carriage supposed to be carrying the tyrannical magistrate Kingsford. Unfortunately he was betrayed and was caught and finally was sentenced to death.
4/26/1813Swati Tirunal Ramavarma, outstanding composer of Carnatic music in Kerala, was born in a royal family of Travancore.
11/17/1994North Eastern Council decides to include Sikkim in the Council.
12/10/1886Ardeshir M. Irani, producer, director, exhibitor and founder of Star Films Ltd. Bombay, was born at Poona. His first film was 'Veer Abhimanyu'.
10/17/1920Bhartiya Communist Party was formed at Tashkent with seven members including M.N. Roy, Birendra Chattopadhyay and Abani Mukherji.
1/26/1961Special stamps dedicated to Mahatma Gandhi in the Champion of Liberty series issued by the United States postal department.
10/21/1997Himachal Pradesh Assembly goes global with inauguration of its website on the Internet.
2/28/1919Sunderlal Khurana, great politician and journalist, was born.
7/29/1995Anup Jalota, famous Bhajan and Ghazal singer, was born.