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Historical Event on 2/16/1992

Abbas Musawi, leader of Hezbollah, assassinated.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/5/1997Dr. Kalpana Chawla became the first Indian woman to become an astronaut. (year 1997 or Oct. 5, 1998)
6/6/1962General Election ( 3rd) of India ends.
1/16/1948Pakistan charges India with systematic campaign to wipe out Muslims.
2/9/1931A set of six stamps were issued during the inauguration of New Delhi.
5/20/1992V. Prabhakaran, LTTE supremo, heads the list of 41 accused in the SIT chargesheet.
10/18/1879Branch of 'Theosophical Panth' established in India.
11/7/1908N. R. Shede (Annasaheb), litterateur and editor, was born.
5/28/1968Bhagwan Gopinathji Bhan, was a mystic saint of early 20th century Kashmir in India. He has been called a ""jivanmukta"" (liberated soul) or ""Aghoreshwar"" and his spiritual state has been described as ""Shambhavi Avastha"" (state of Shiva), died. He was a great devotee of Shiva and Shakti and took intense "Sadhana". His disciples and devotees set up an ashram at Kharyar in Srinagar in his name.
4/14/1952Three integrated Railway Zones, Northern, North Eastern and Eastern inaugurated.
6/12/1891Gandhiji sailed for India and reached in July.