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Historical Event on 11/16/1991
Madhukar Karekar, famous journalist, died
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/19/1976 | Indira Gandhi proposes a resumption of ties with Pakistan in New Delhi. |
| 1/20/1957 | South Africa banned Indian Cargo ships to dock at their Ports. |
| 3/3/1939 | Gandhiji commences ""fast unto death"" at Rajkot to protest state's autocratic rule at Bombay and to secure ruler's adherence of promise given towards reform administration, and ends it on March 7 on Viceroy's intervention. |
| 6/9/1998 | Gujarat was hit by a cyclone killing 1,000 people in six days. |
| 9/3/1905 | Kamlapati Tripathi, leader of Indian National Congess, was born. |
| 9/3/1905 | Mughal conqueror Babur Shah (1483-1530) defeats Ibrahim Lodi II, the Lodi Sultan of Delhi, and captures Delhi and the Koh-i-noor diamond, in the First Battle of Panipat. He founded the Mughal dynasty in India (1526-1761), consolidated by his grandson Akbar. |
| 7/1/1982 | MGR inaugurates Tamil Nadu's noon meal programme for poor children. |
| 4/1/1978 | India's sixth Five-Year Plan commenced. |
| 11/7/1867 | Madam Marie Sklodowska, great scientist, professor and Nobel Prize awardee, was born in Poland. |
| 4/18/1956 | India, Indonesia, Burma, Ceylon and Pakistan meet in New Delhi to reaffirm their faith in Bandung Principles. |
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