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Historical Event on 6/16/1997
K. R. Narayanan, Vice-President, is the joint candidate of Congress(I) and United Front for Presidentship in July 14 election.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/19/1917 | Indira (Pridarshani) Gandhi, the first Indian Lady Prime Minister, was born at Allahabad. She was the only child of Jawharlal Nehru and took active participation in freedom fight by forming ""Vanar Sena"" (a team of young detectives). She lead India in a successful war against Pakistan to seperate East and West Pakistans and establish the nation of Banglades |
| 9/12/1912 | T. A. Ramachandran, cricket Test Umpire of one test during 1948-49, was born in Tamil Nadu. |
| 12/12/2000 | A special court for CBI cases rejects Hinduja brothers' plea and summons them to appear on January 19, 2001. |
| 7/16/1914 | N. E. Balram, communist leader, died. |
| 4/15/1992 | Union Carbide decides to sell its holdings in India to raise upto $ 17 million for a hospital in Bhopal. |
| 3/27/1942 | Gandhiji meets Sir Stafford Cripps in New Delhi; later declares Cripps proposals to be a ""post-dated cheque"". |
| 7/27/1910 | Bande Ali Khan, great singer of `Beenkar' and `Kirana Gharana', passed away. |
| 12/13/1899 | Pandurang Satu Naik, famous film photographer of Indian film industry, was born. |
| 8/2/1877 | Pandit Ravishankar Shukla, former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, lawyer, politician and social worker, was born in Sagar, M.P. |
| 3/6/1998 | A Congress(I) Ministry headed by Virbhadra Singh is sworn in at Himachal Pradesh. |
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