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Historical Event on 11/16/1883
Pandit Baburao Vishnu Paradkar, eminent Hindi editor and journalist, was born at Varanasi.
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| 6/14/1991 | Punjab was declared ""disturbed area""; army deployed. |
| 1/4/1993 | K. Margabandhu, former UCO Bank chief, was arrested on charges of amassing wealth beyond his means. |
| 8/6/1994 | The Muslim Auqaf Trust takes over charge of the Hazratbal shrine after the removal of security bunkers around it by authorities. |
| 8/30/1993 | LPG, Petrol dealers get higher commission. |
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| 12/23/1889 | Mehr Chand Mahajan, Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born. |
| 9/20/1997 | President K. R. Narayanan inaugurates the first Dr. Ambedkar Law University in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. |
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