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Historical Event on 2/16/1993
Dr. U.R. Ananta Murthy elected President of the Kendra Sahitya Academy.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/27/1767 | Khanderao Holkar, one of the Generals in Peshwa kingdom, passed away. |
| 2/28/1937 | Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar discovers the white dwarf maximum mass limit. |
| 5/1/1913 | Balraj Sahani, famous film actor, was born. |
| 8/8/1940 | Dilip Narayan Sardesai, cricketer (high scoring Indian batsman of sixties), was born in Margao, Goa. He has received Arjun Award (1970). |
| 4/18/1961 | Pamella Bordes, photographer and model, was born in New Dehli, India. |
| 7/1/1992 | Central Railway started special train for ladies in Mumbai. |
| 1/21/1997 | Railways emerges overall champion in national road cycling championship in Calcutta. |
| 6/6/1947 | Gandhiji writes to Mountbatten, with Pakistan conceded, to persuade Jinnah to amicable settle all outstanding points with Congress. |
| 12/13/2000 | The Lok Sabha begins the Ayodhya-Babri Masjid debate. |
| 1/14/1948 | First issue of Marathi daily newspaper 'Loksatta' was published. |
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