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Historical Event on 11/16/1986

Second SAARC summit held at Bangalore.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/9/1998India moves the World Trade Organisation against the European Union reimposing anti-dumping duties on unbleached cotton gray fabric imports.
4/20/2000A full bench of the Madras High Court quashes the Tamil Nadu Government order making Tamil (or mother tongue) as the compulsory medium of instruction in all schools in the State up to Standard V.
3/30/1993Air Time Committee Chief P.S. Deodhar and its members resign in protest against the implementation of the metro channel of Doordarshan.
12/20/1876Bankinchrandra Chattopadhyay wrote ""Vande Mataram"".
9/26/1946Gandhiji was interviewed with Wavell.
4/6/1897Gandhiji submits long memorial to Chamberlain, Secretary of State for Colonies, regarding landing incidents background. Carries on programme of petitioning local and Imperial authorities, as well as of communicating with British and Indian public men regarding discriminatory laws.
2/19/1818Bapu Gokhle, last General of Maratha kingdom, passed away.
5/28/1964A slow-moving funeral cortege containing the body of Jawaharlal Nehru inched through the streets of New Delhi today. A million and a half Indians lined the route to pay final respects to their beloved leader.
9/12/1995Heavy rainfall in the Himalaya region, resulting in landslide, claimed 70 lives near Kullu.
11/9/1999BJP asks Kalyan Singh to step down, chooses Ram Prakash Gupta as his successor.