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Historical Event on 5/16/1926
Manik Varma, famous singer, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/17/1992 | S. V. Sheshadri, sports journalist, passed away. |
| 11/19/1962 | Nehru asks more US aid as China drives into India in New Delhi. |
| 12/31/1984 | Rajiv Gandhi was sworn is as the 6th Prime Minister of India. He succeeded his mother Indira Gandhi. He became the Prime Minister of India for a second time and first time after elections. |
| 11/2/1992 | Nine Maharashtra ministers resign. |
| 8/15/1950 | Earthquake measuring 8.6 on Richter Scale hits Assam in north eastern India claiming 11,000 lives. |
| 4/4/1910 | Sri Aurobindo left politics and reached Pondicherry, where he made the seat of Yoga. |
| 7/3/1991 | Kailash Sethi was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 22-07-1996. |
| 7/3/1991 | Firuz Shah Tughluq, the third emperor of Delhi, died at the age of 83. |
| 6/7/1965 | Ashutosh Kali, great revolutionary, passed away. |
| 10/28/1911 | Mutyalswami Muniswami Naidu, cricket Test umpire, one test in 1951-52, was born at Vadodara, Gujarat. |
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