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Historical Event on 10/16/1990
Dr. Nelson Mandela, conferred with 'Bharat Ratna', the highest civilian honour.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/6/1985 | Sanjeev Kumar, film actor, died. |
| 8/16/1996 | CBI raids house of former minister Sukh Ram and finds cash and jewellery to the tune of Rs. 3 crore. |
| 2/1/1894 | Chitravshastri, Marathi dictionary creator, was born. |
| 1/9/1664 | Shivaji started Surat campaign and left the city after plundering the place. |
| 2/17/1992 | S. V. Sheshadri, sports journalist, passed away. |
| 10/12/1952 | Hanif Mohammad scores twin 100s vs New Zealand. |
| 1/31/1997 | INS Vikrant, Indian Navy's first aircraft carrier, de-commissioned. |
| 1/11/1966 | Gulzarilal Nanda was appointed as the acting Prime Minister of India. He held this position till January 24, 1966. |
| 11/14/1914 | Eight Language panel were started on the Rs. five denomination again. The printing colour of note was red. These languages were Urdu, Telugu, Kaithi, Tamil, Bengali, Kannada, Burmese and Gujarati. |
| 4/21/1946 | Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan, cricket (Indian off-spinner, Test umpire, ICC referee), was born in Madras. He received Arjun Award (1971). |
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