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Historical Event on 6/16/1992

P. D. Dhhavle, former editor of daily newspaper `Maharashtra', passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/24/1629Jacques Specx appointed Governor General of Dutch-Indies.
7/27/1914Kalpana Dutta, great freedom fighter, was born at Chatgaon. (27th July, 1914).
12/30/1947India informs Pakistan and other dominion representatives that it has decided to refer the Kashmir issue to the Security Council under Article 35 of the United Nations Charter.
1/24/1966Gulzarilal Nanda stepped down from the position of acting Prime Minister of India. He held his position till January 11, 1966 (Acting).
7/31/1974B. S. Chawla was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 15-08-1974.
10/15/2000Sachin Tendulkar becomes the highest run-getter in one-day internationals (9379 runs) during his innings of 69 in the final of the ICC cricket tournament against New Zealand
12/10/1913The Nobel prize for literature was awarded this year to Rabindranath Tagore, the Bengali poet from India.
10/28/1998The 1997 B.C. Roy National Award was presented to 18 medical experts.
9/18/1803Second Anglo-Maratha war under Sir Arthur Wellesley resulted in a crushing defeat of the Marathas at Assaye. The British Christians captured Delhi and acquired control of large parts of India.
10/11/1894Sudhirranjan Das, former Chief Justice of Supreme Court, was born.