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Historical Event on 12/16/1999
Likhiram Karve, Madhya Pradesh's Minister for Transport, is hacked to death by naxalites.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/5/1989 | Dalai Lama was honoured with the Nobel Peace Prize (1989). |
| 5/8/1997 | India decides to import currency notes for the first time. |
| 3/10/1904 | Raghunath Gopal Kokaje, great Hindi writer, was born at Bhoka, district Ratnagiri. |
| 8/4/1929 | Kishor Kumar Ganguly, well known singer, was born at Khandava. He is also rememberd as a comic actor, director and musician. |
| 7/3/1863 | Little Crow, [Ta-oya-te-duta], santee Sioux Indian chief, passed away. |
| 2/8/1967 | Indira Gandhi was hit in face by a stone while addressing crowd. |
| 1/29/1993 | Test debut of Vinod Kambli, prolific Indian batsman. |
| 2/14/1922 | Bhimsen Joshi, great singer and composer, was born. |
| 9/29/1959 | Arati Saha successfully swam the English Channel. She was the first Asian lady to achieve the feat. |
| 11/10/1901 | Formal inauguration of the new North-West Frontier Province created out of the Punjab. |
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