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Historical Event on 6/16/1950
Mithun Chakravorty, famous Hindi film actor, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/7/1979 | First International Children's Films Festival was held in Bombay. |
| 10/17/1995 | BJP withdraws support to Mayavati Government in Uttar Pradesh. UP Governor Motilal Vohra accepts the resignation of Mayawati and her cabinet but asks her to continue as caretaker government. BJP's top brass takes the final decision to break with the BSP. |
| 7/21/1984 | Terrorists breach Bhakra canal in Punjab. |
| 2/17/1997 | Notorious criminal Charles Sobhraj released from jail after 20 years, and re-arrested soon after release under Foreigners' Regional Registration Act. |
| 10/26/1999 | India is re-elected to United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). |
| 10/9/1963 | Saifuddin Azizuddin Kitchlew, freedom fighter, President of Punjab and the first Indian to win the Lenin Award for International Peace, died. |
| 4/15/1932 | Suresh Shridhar Bhat, famous poet, was born. |
| 3/25/1989 | India's first super-computer X-MP-14 of US make was dedicated to the nation. |
| 1/11/1858 | Shridhar Pathak, famous Hindi poet, was born. |
| 8/3/1890 | Sriprakash, freedom fighter, prolific writer and member of the AICC, was born at Varanasi. |
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