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Historical Event on 2/16/1992

Abbas Musawi, leader of Hezbollah, assassinated.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/11/1689Sambhaji, Shivaji's successor, who was captured at Sangameshwar, was assasinated in the prison of Aurangzeb by Mughal officer Muqurab Khan.
2/11/1993Naik sacks six ministers in Maharashtra.
7/31/1938Khalid Anwer Ansari, social worker, was born.
7/16/1929Indian Council of Agricultural Research, an autonomous apex national organisation which plans, conducts and promotes research, education, training and transfer of technology for advancement of agriculture and allied sciences, was established. It has 45 Central Research Institutes, 4 National Bureaux, 10 Project Directorates, 30 National Research Centres, 90 All India Co-ordinated Research Projects, 261 Krishi Vigyan Kendras and 8 Trainers Training Centres.
6/19/1949People of Chandernagar, the French Indian Settlement, decided to merge with the Indian Union.
1/3/1945No. 8 Squadron becomes the first to convert onto the Spitfire VIII during the previous month and commencing operations on 3 January 1945 in the Kangaw area.
4/5/1930Mahatma Gandhi reached Dandi, a small costal village in Gujarat, after travelling 385 kms with 78 followers to break the recently imposed ""Salt Law"". This event is known as 'Dandi March' and was started from Sabarmati Ashram near Ahmedabad.
7/30/1886Dr. S.Muthulakshmi Reddi, first women M.A.L.A.S, was born.
5/9/1995Two new gas and oil reserves found off the Gujarat and Bombay coast.
6/30/1997Joginder Singh, CBI Director, was given marching orders bringing his 11-month-old controversial tenure to sudden end. R. C. Sharma, Special Director, took over.