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Historical Event on 6/16/1950

Mithun Chakravorty, famous Hindi film actor, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/21/1996M.S. Sushama Dande (Shiv Sena) elected first woman mayor of New Mumbai along with Savitri Patil (Shiv Sena) as Deputy Mayor.
5/1/1996Motilal Vohra, U.P. Governor, resigns (hawala case).
2/17/1670Shivaji won SinghGarh Fort from Mughals. This victory was on the shoulders of Tanaji who was martyred in this attack. Shivaji proclaimed ""Garh Aalaa Pan Singh Gela"" which means that Fort was won but the Lion was lost.
1/26/1982Meera Behn (Medlin Slade) freedom fighter, and Gandhin by thought awarded 'Padma Vibhushan'.
10/17/1996President's rule reimposed in U.P.
2/9/1951The first census of free India of enumeration work was started.
2/9/1951Ruknud-din Firuz Shah, son of Emperor Iltutmish, was assassinated.
3/2/1997Bangalore's Dr. B. V. Ravi Kumar develops India's first indigenously made HIV detection kit.
1/6/1932Kamleshwar, famous Hindi writer, was born.
12/22/1866Mazharul Haque, great social reformer, nationalist, journalist, poet, writer and politician, was born at Bahpura, Bihar.