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Historical Event on 5/16/1926

Manik Varma, famous singer, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/14/1976Urban Land Ceiling Regulation Act comes into force.
10/2/1954Chandernagar, former under French possession, was made a part of West Bengal.
11/6/1905Ram Bachan 'Aravind' Dwivedi, great Hindi, Bhojpuri poet and writer, was born at Dubouli, Bihar.
1/20/2000J&K accepts the report of the State Autonomy committee tabled in the Assembly last year.
3/20/1997Greek instrumental composer Yanni Chryssomallis's 'Freedom Concert' held at the Taj, Agra.
1/25/1824Micheal Madhusudan Dutta, Bengali poet and dramatist, was born in Sagardari village of Jessore district.
8/30/1989Anti-government riots leave at least 11 dead.
12/20/1999Win Chadha ready to come to India to face trial in the Bofors case.
3/29/1992Centenary celebrations of Tansa Dam held at Tansa. No of Seats of the Standing Committee and Education Committee increased from 20 to 27and 20 to 26 respectively and that of the B.E.S. & T. Committee from 12 to 17 (Vide Maharashtra Act XXI of 1992) (CIVIC).
4/12/1983Richard Attenborough's 'Gandhi' wins 8 Oscars.