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Historical Event on 6/16/1997
P. Sukumaran (50), Malayalam film actor, died in Kochi.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/30/1979 | Earl Louis Mountbatten of Burma, a World War II hero, last British Viceroy in India and the first Governor General of independent India, was killed when Irish terrorists exploded his family fishing boat off the coast of Ireland. The Provisional wing of the Irish Republican Army immediately took credit for the killing, which it described as 'an execution' designed to further 'the noble struggle to drive the British intruders out of our native land'. |
| 4/1/1954 | French settlements in India pass under Indian control. |
| 5/14/1998 | India will not sign CTBT unconditionally, says the Prime Minister. |
| 3/13/1992 | Indumati Ramkrishna Shevde, famous writer, critic and painter, passed away. |
| 2/28/1930 | Strike by workers of the Nizam state railways over bonus. |
| 10/6/1949 | Jawaharlal Nehru laid the foundation stone of National Defence Academy in Kharakvasla near Pune. |
| 1/22/1922 | Shanta Buddhisagar, famous Marathi writer, was born. |
| 7/19/1949 | Raja of Tehri Garhwal announces merger with Indian Union. |
| 9/5/1909 | Phiroze Edulji Palia, left-hand batsman and slow spin bowler, was born in Mumbai. He played in India's first Test at Lord's in 1932. |
| 3/27/2000 | After more than two-and-a-half-years, a Delhi court resumes trial in the St. Kitts forgery case following Delhi High Court's order upholding the lower court's verdict on framing of charges. |
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