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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 |
| 8/27/1910 | Mother Teresa, [Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu], nobel Prize awardee and social worker, was born in Skopje, Macedonia in Yugoslavia. |
| 10/1/1932 | Indian Milatary Academy became functional with Brigadier LP Collins, DSO, OBE as the Commandant. The first course of 40 GCs had on its rolls Sam Manekshaw, Smith Dun and Mohd Musa, later to be Chiefs of the armies of their respective countries, i.e. India, Burma (now Myanmar) and Pakistan. This training was for a period of two and a half years. |
| 11/19/1975 | Sushmita Sen, former Miss Universe and film actress, was born. |
| 5/1/1997 | Abhijit Kunte wins National `A' chess championshop for men. |
| 1/1/1966 | Vimal Roy, film maker and producer, passed away. |
| 12/29/1959 | Durgapur Iron Plant inaugurated. |
| 10/21/1996 | Japan gets non-permanent seat in Security Council after a contest with India. |
| 5/26/1948 | First ever trade agreement with Pakistan. |
| 12/19/1961 | Goa was liberated after Portuguese surrendered to the Indian troops. |
| 4/6/1966 | Mihir Sen, first Indian swimmer to achieve many remarkable feats, swam across the 'Palk Strait' measuring 22 kms between India & Sri Lanka (Cylone). |
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