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Historical Event on 5/16/1994
Phani Mujumdar, veteran film producer and director, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/4/1987 | Agney, famous Hindi litterateur and Gyanpeeth Award winning poet, passed away. |
| 4/17/1996 | Sheila Kaul, H.P. Governor, indicted in house allotment scandal, should be removed from her post, says Supreme Court. |
| 8/3/1780 | British officer captain Bruce conquered Gwalior fort under Major Popham after defeating Sindhiya. |
| 12/20/1946 | Gandhiji completes his month-long sojourn at Srirampur. |
| 7/18/1990 | Following the end of six months Governor's rule, President's rule imposed in J&K. |
| 6/27/1906 | Establishment of `Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad'. |
| 6/27/1906 | Akbar Abul-Fath Djalaluddin, third Mughal Emperor of India (1556-1605), was born at Amarkot in Sind under the protection of Rana Virsal. Humayun had also taken refuge at Amarkot. |
| 11/22/1873 | Leopold CMS Amery, British minister of Colonies (India), was born. |
| 10/16/1968 | Hargovind Khorana, Indian scientist, was awarded 1968 Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology on man-made synthetic gene. |
| 5/24/1993 | India and Uzbekistan sign five pacts. |
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