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Historical Event on 8/16/1994

Government agrees to present the revised ATR on JPC report on Scam; Parliament crisis defused.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/25/2000India lifts the Asia Cup sub-junior hockey championship in Kuala Lumpur.
10/20/1752The grateful Wazir induced the emperor to make Badan Singh the 'Raja' with the title of Mahendra, and Suraj Mal the 'Mumar Bahadur' with the title of Rajendra.
4/25/1976India all out for 97 vs West Indies because five men absent hurt.
2/21/1672A French squadron under De la Haye encountered a fleet of the Dutch, who were in hostility with the French, near Cape Comorin.
11/13/1992Dr. Pundalik Dattatrya Gaitonde, Goa freedom fighter, passed away.
3/18/1991West Bengal opts for assembly poll.
6/1/1972Space Commission and Department of Space was set up. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) brought under Department of Space (DOS).
10/5/1997Dr. Kalpana Chawla became the first Indian woman to become an astronaut. (year 1997 or Oct. 5, 1998)
5/24/1813Krishna Mohan Bandopadhyay, leader, essay writer and journalist in Bengal, was born.
2/27/1990Polls in Pondicherry and eight states.