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Historical Event on 11/16/1989

66 out of 71 trapped miners at Raniganj rescued.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/17/1992S. V. Sheshadri, sports journalist, passed away.
7/29/1994Opposition stalls parliament proceedings over the 'Action Taken Report' on JPC finding.
7/31/1991Air Chief Marshal Surinder Kumar Mehra PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC., retired as the Air Officer Commanding, India Command.
11/6/1985Sanjeev Kumar, film actor, died.
10/2/1975Kumaraswami Kamaraj, great freedom fighter, social reformer, political leader and member of the Lok Sabha, died in Madras.
8/4/1997Supreme Court declares that the Rashtrapati Bhavan press communique of 23/1/1992 on a proposal to confer the Bharat Ratna 'posthumously' on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose ""should be treated as cancelled"", as the proposal was dropped by the Government in deference to the sentiments expressed by the public and his family members.
4/11/1931Mahendranath Yeshwant Gupte, cricket test umpire for 1 test in 1984-85, was born at Mumbai.
10/18/1901Mahatma Gandhi sails for India.
4/29/1997R. N. Malhotra, 71, former RBI Governor, died.
4/29/1997Vasco-de-Gama was the Last Viceroy of Portuguese, who ruled India.