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Historical Event on 10/16/1994
CIA connection to CN Annadurai alleged in book on Seshan, Jayalalitha obtains stay.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/25/1996 | Sunderlal Bahuguna, noted environmentalist, ends 74-day repentance fast at Rajghat following assurance from PM Deve Gowda. |
| 10/2/1906 | Raja Ravi Verma died at Attingal near Trivandrum, Kerala. He is remembered for his artistic work in 'Ram Panchayatan', 'Vishwamitra-Menaka', 'Shakuntala writing a letter', 'Shiv Parvati'. A commemorative stamp was issued by the Postal Department on April 29, 1971 in his honour. |
| 8/4/1928 | Udham Singh, Indian field hockey player (Olympic-gold-1952, 56, 64), was born. |
| 3/27/1997 | Punjab men and Railway women win National volleyball league in Tiruppur. |
| 10/17/1970 | Anil Radhakrishna Kumble, cricketer (great Indian leg spinner since 1990), was born in Bangalore. |
| 4/3/1984 | Soyuz T-11 carried three cosmonauts along with the first Indian Sqn. Ldr. Rakesh Sharma to Salyut 7. |
| 2/28/1712 | Bahadur Shah I died at Lahore at the age of 72 in the war of succession. |
| 11/8/1893 | Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu, great musician and professor, was born in Bangalore. |
| 5/1/1996 | Motilal Vohra, U.P. Governor, resigns (hawala case). |
| 5/22/1961 | Jnanpeeth Award was instituted and the first award was given in 1965. This award is given for the best creative literary writing by any Indian citizen in any of the languages included in the VIII Schedule of the Indian Constitution. The award carries a cash price of Rs 2.5 lakh, a citation and a bronze momento. |
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