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Historical Event on 11/16/1990

Chandrasekhar Government wins confidence motion of 280 for 214 against and 11 abstained (17 members were absent).

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/12/1932The 16,000-foot Shyok ice dam in the Himalayas bursts flooding the Indus Valley at Kashmir.
8/8/1966India endorses the Partial Nuclear Ban Treaty.
4/18/2000The Board of Control for Cricket in India adopts a six-point code of conduct for the players.
6/26/1983Five hundred killed or missing as monsoon floods hit the Indian state of Gujarat.
12/20/1948Ladha Ramji, brother of Amar Singh and played his only Test vs Eng in 1933-34, died at Rajkot.
3/17/1905Narsinghcharya Purohit Tirunarayan Iyyangar, famous Kannad poet, music director and critic, was born.
6/28/1787Sir Henry G W Smith, leader of British-Indian forces, was born.
8/27/1997Daljeet Singh and Debi Bose set national records in the Federation Cup athletics at Chennai in javelin throw and hurdles respectively.
8/22/1994Two dozen Mahar soldiers were ambushed when the Indian contingent was trying to stem the war in Somalia. Seven, including a JCO, lost their lives.
7/2/2000At least 30 people had died after a boat collapsed in Kumla river near Pratapur in Madhubani district of Bihar.