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Historical Event on 8/16/1991
Indian Airliner Boeing 737 crashes in Manipur's Churachandpur district killing all 69 aboard.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/3/1941 | Adoor Gopalakrishnan, cinematographer (Kathapurushan, Mathulikal), was born. |
| 1/18/2000 | India and the US resume talks to narrow their differences on the CTBT. |
| 6/25/1880 | Syed Muhammad Zamin Ali, great educationist, poet, editor, professor, writer and founder-member of the Hindustani Academy, was born at Mustafabad village in the Rae Bareli district of U.P. |
| 1/28/1846 | British forcibly separate Kashmir from the Sikhs and sell it to the Maharaja of Jammu for 1,000,000 pounds after the Battle of Allwal. |
| 4/7/1935 | Shankar Abaji Bhise, famous Indian scientist, died. |
| 1/6/1842 | 4,500 British & Indian troops leave Kabul.. |
| 3/9/1990 | Darbara Singh, former Punjab Chief Minister, died. |
| 8/14/1947 | Sir Harilal Jekisundas Kania was appinted as the Chief Justice of India. He was in this office till 05/11/1951. |
| 2/2/1930 | Vasudev Govind Apte, editor and dictrionay creator, passed away. |
| 11/18/1978 | Dhirendra Ganguly, film maker, writer, director and actor, passed away. |
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