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Historical Event on 12/16/1999

Likhiram Karve, Madhya Pradesh's Minister for Transport, is hacked to death by naxalites.

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6/30/1979R. D. Singh became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation. He was there in this office till 24 Jan. 1980.
8/23/1994Former prime minister Mian Nawaz Sharif said that Pakistan possessed a nuclear bomb and warned that an attack by India could start a nuclear war in Pakistan.
3/17/1999GM Dibyendu Barua and IWM S. Vijayalakshmi (both India) won the men's and women's titles respectively in the Asian Zonal chess championship in Mumbai.
2/10/1990Saroj Mukherjee, WB's CPI(M) secretary, died.
5/16/1996Atal Krishna Behari Vajpayee, leader of Bharatiya Janta Party, becomes the 10th Prime Minister for 13 days (from May 16, 1996 to May 28, 1996 [techinally till 01-06-1996]), although his ability to govern effectively is in doubt.
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7/6/2000India, Nepal sign agreement to set up a specialist joint unit to counter terrorism and share information about criminals operating along the border.
12/12/1955The President promulgated an ordinance providing the usage of Hindi with English for official purposes of Indian Union. B.G. Kher Commission (under article 344(I) of the Constitution) constituted. Hindi Teaching Scheme was introduced under Ministry of Home Affairs.