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Historical Event on 6/16/1950
Mithun Chakravorty, famous Hindi film actor, was born.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
2/2/1978 | Mahakavi G. Sankara Kurup, Malayalam poet, the first receipent of ""Gyanpeeth Puraskar (Award)"", and many other awards, passed away. |
5/8/1963 | Centenary of Indian Red Cross was celebrated. Today is birthday of its founder. |
2/17/1991 | Krishnabai Mote, famous author and social worker, passed away. |
4/26/1762 | Shyam Shastri, musician and a great artist of India, was born at Tiruvarur. |
7/23/1956 | India celebrates the birth centenary of Bal Gangadhar ""Lokmanya"" Tilak. |
2/4/1991 | An abortive bid to hijack a Calcutta-Agartala flight by a 24-year old youth. |
12/14/1968 | Chaggan Baba (Chagganlal Karamshi Parekh), great social worker and founder of Mahila Griha Udyog and Lijjat Papad, died. |
12/15/1950 | Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, first deputy Prime Minister of independent India also known as the 'Iron Man' and Bharat Ratna awardee, died. |
5/12/1949 | S Vijaya Laxmi Pandit, first woman foreign ambassador, was received in US. |
1/1/1909 | Dattaram Dharmaji Hindlekar, cricketer (Indian batsman & wicket-keeper 1936-46), was born in Bombay. |
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