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Historical Event on 3/16/1966
Judge Amal Kumar Sarkar became the Chief Justice of India. He held this office till 29/06/1966.
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| 2/23/1993 | Jnanpith Award was given to Sitakant Mahapatra (Oriya). |
| 6/8/1998 | Sani Abacha, 54, Nigerian President, died in Abuja of heart attack. |
| 3/31/1998 | T. N. Mishra became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 04/01/99). |
| 9/24/1922 | Jugal Mondal, social worker and politician, was born at Howrah. |
| 1/11/1994 | Shankarrao Savekar, veteran cameraman of film industry, passed away. |
| 9/30/2000 | India's Priyanka Chopra (18) wins the Miss World beauty pageant. |
| 4/7/1997 | NAM foreign ministers two-day conference begins in New Delhi. |
| 10/12/1990 | Government of India announces a 15\% cut in oil consumption, exempting LPG and kerosene. |
| 4/8/1857 | Mangal Pandey, the first revolutionary of Indian mutiny and freedom fighter, was hanged till death at Barrackpore. He struck the first bullet during the time of mutiny against the British Empire. |
| 3/29/1989 | Central Institute of Fisheries Education gets the distinction of becoming the first Fisheries University in India. |
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