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Historical Event on 8/16/1991

C. Achuta Menon, former CM of Kerala, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/16/1991Muiz ud din Qaiqabad, was the tenth sultan of the Mamluk dynasty (Slave dynasty), was killed in his bed. He was proved to be an inefficient ruler.
12/3/1971Indo-Pakistan war begins. On the same day National Emergency was declared by the President of India due to war between both the countries.
2/16/1982Sibnath Banerjee, great social worker and leader, passed away.
2/26/196634 national leaders charge Indira Gandhi's rule is 'constitutional dictatorship'.
8/12/1966Mihir Sen swam Dadenelis.
4/26/1908Judge Sarv Mittra Sikri, Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born.
2/1/1972International Airports Authority of India established.
5/17/1995Three North Eastern States removes restricted area permits (RAP).
3/11/1997Sadhana Mukherjee, a sex-worker from Calcutta, represents India at the first international conference on prostitution beginning in Los Angeles.
6/18/1896Cota Ramaswami, cricketer (Davis Cup for India 1922, Test 1936), was born in Madras.