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Historical Event on 7/16/1917
Jagdishchandra Mathur, modern Hindi playwright, was born.
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| 1/12/1997 | Paes-Bhupathi win doubles title in the Singapore Open Challenger hardcourt tennis. |
| 5/13/1905 | Fakruddin Ali Ahmed, the fifth President of India, was born at Delhi. |
| 9/5/1888 | Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888-1975), panentheist, great renaissance philosopher, eminent writer, free India's first vice-president and second president, was born at Tiruttani near Madras. |
| 12/21/1998 | The Viswabharati University in Calcutta presents the 'Deshikottama' award to Nobel laureate Prof. Amartya Sen. |
| 4/21/1805 | Defitiniv treaty between Anandrao Gaikwad and Britishers. |
| 11/25/1990 | R. V. S. Perishastri, former Chief Election Commissioner of India, passed away. |
| 7/18/1996 | Union Finance Ministry gives final clearance to the Enron power project in terms of issuance of counter-guarantee. |
| 5/5/1992 | Prithvi, India's medium range surface-to-surface missile, successfully launched. |
| 12/22/1995 | A Russian-made AN-26 plane forced to land in Bombay following an Intelligence Bureau tip off that it could be the suspected aircraft which dropped arms at Purulia. |
| 7/6/1998 | Moshood Abiola, the detained Nigerian politician and presumed winner of the 1993 elections, died in Abuja. |
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