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Historical Event on 11/16/1991

60 percent of the 23 million voters exercise their franchise in the by-elections to 15 Lok Sahba and 56 Assembly seats in 14 states.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/17/1997Notorious criminal Charles Sobhraj released from jail after 20 years, and re-arrested soon after release under Foreigners' Regional Registration Act.
2/4/1993D. C. Kothari, famous scientist and educationalist, passed away.
8/3/1970Chonira Beliappa Muthamma, first women career diplomat, appointed ambassador to Hungary.
5/9/1919Ram Kumar Gupta, great industrialist, was born at Delhi.
11/12/1958Satyajit Ray gets the award for best direction at the San Francisco International Film Festival.
7/25/1988Sikh extremists kill the chief priest of the Golden Temple in Amritsar.
5/2/1977C.V. Narasimhan became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 25/11/77).
7/1/1997Voluntary Disclosure of Income Scheme `97 (VDIS) comes into effect.
1/21/2000The Samata Party National Executive elects Mrs. Jaya Jaitley as its president.
12/19/2000A massive blaze guts Mehboob Studio, one of the oldest in Mumbai city.