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Historical Event on 1/16/1989

Prem Nazir, famous actor of more than 620 Malayalam films, died at the age of 59 yrs.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/16/1998Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh Prime Minister, meets her Indian couterpart A B Vajpayee in New Delhi.
6/4/1903Gandhiji established the weekly journal ""Indian Opinion"" organised at Phoenix farm near Durban.
11/8/1932Sankhla Badluram, great industrialist, was born in Delhi.
10/13/1999Atal Krishna Bihari Vajpayee became the Prime Minister of India.
2/18/1871Vithhalbhai Javherbhai Patel, great nation lover and veteran parliament member, was born.
6/20/1979Renedy Singh, Indian Soccer(Football) player, was born in Manipur.
7/12/1965Sanjay Vijay Manjrekar, cricketer (son of Vijay, Indian middle-order batsman), was born in Mangalore.
10/3/2000India and Russia sign a declaration on strategic partnership.
3/20/1925Marquess Curzon of Kedleston died this morning at age 66 from complications following an operation. Long a kingpin of the Conservative party, Lord Curzon spent 40 years in public life, serving as Viceroy and Governor General of India and, at the end of his career, as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Though he came close to becoming prime minister in 1923, his aristocratic past militated against him in an era which nominated leaders from the House of Commons. He twice wed US women and enjoyed fame as an author of books about politics and his own travels.
6/5/1980Manipur University was established.