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Historical Event on 11/16/1991

Madhukar Karekar, famous journalist, died

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/1/1917Kartar Singh Duggal, famous author, was born at Dhamyal, Pakistan.
8/11/1911Prem Bhatia, great journalist, was born.
8/8/1942'Britishers Quit India', this resolution was announced in public at Bombay Congress Session. This resolution was passed by All Indian National Congress Committee and Gandhiji gave the 'Do or Die' call for Independence struggle.
8/4/1929Kishor Kumar Ganguly, well known singer, was born at Khandava. He is also rememberd as a comic actor, director and musician.
10/18/1997Prince Philip switches on the internet version of Malayala Manorama and The Week at Kochi.
5/3/1764Mir Kasim, with the backing of Delhi Emperor, attacked on Patna but this weak Emperor was defeated by Britishers. Britishers became the rulers of Bengal, the richest province of India.
4/22/1942The Telecommunication Training Centre was established at Jabalpur.
1/10/1897Wildemar Modecai Haffkine, famous scientist, innoculated himself with vaccine against Plague publicly to demonstrate the harmlessness of the product in Bombay. The method of preparation of this vaccine has remained the same till now for more then hundred years.
10/16/1968Hargovind Khorana, Indian scientist, was awarded 1968 Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology on man-made synthetic gene.
5/11/1626Malik Ambar of Ahmednagar's Nijamshahi kingdom, passed away.