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Historical Event on 7/16/1992

Amar Varma, Hindi author, producer and director, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/2/1997Screening for Hepatitis C made mandatory all over India.
9/29/1906Chhajju Ram, social worker and teacher, was born at Manawar, Chhamb.
11/13/1998Pravabati Devi (88), freedom fighter and `Mother Teresa of Orissa', dies at the orphanage set up by her at Chharchanpali.
2/1/1901Six language penel were started on the Rs. five dinomination. These notes were single sided and the back side could be used for accounting purposes. The six languages were Urdu, Bengali, Telugu, Kaithi, Kannada and Tamil. The paper used for printing was white hand made and moulded.
10/2/1911Ambat Menon, great educationist, was born at Chittore, Kerala .
12/17/1877Feroz Shah died at Makka, Saudi.
3/5/1990Government announces an interim relief of Rs. 360 crore to 5 lakh victims of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy.
8/16/1965Indian troops cross Kashmir line, seizes two Pakistani outposts.
8/7/1982Krishnakanta Radhakant Handique, linguist, educationist, Sanskrit scholar, principal of J.B. College and Padma Bhushan awardee, passed away. He also authored the learned works 'Naisadhacarita', 'Yasastilaka and Indian Culture' etc. His original treatise written in Sanskrit by Somaveda in the 10th century is an encyclopedic work dealing with Jainism and Indian thoughts and culture.
10/11/1923Harish Chandra was born in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. His work in a narrow branch of modern mathematics led to its developement to such an extent that it drew the attention of mathematicians all over the world.