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Historical Event on 6/16/1859

Anandram Dhekial Fukun, father of modern Assamia poetry and essay writer, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/7/1991Haryana beat Bombay in the cricket Ranji Trophy final by 2 runs.
5/18/1998India may take the US to WTO.
5/27/2000In a mini cabinet reshuffle, Nitish Kumar gets back his Agriculture portfolio, while Dilip Ray resigns as Minister of State for Steel.
7/18/1993Rail, road traffic disrupted.
2/1/1972International Airports Authority of India established.
4/18/1959Premier Chou En-lai insists Tibetan Dalai Lama was abducted to India.
2/26/1996Sahib Singh Verma sworn in as Delhi's second CM.
11/5/1892John Burdon Sanderson Haldane, biologist, was born at Oxford.
11/10/1990Two Burmese youth hijack a Thai Airlines Airbus with 221 passengers on board to Calcutta.
4/3/1998Pramod Mahajan, senior BJP functionary, is appointed Political Advisor to Prime Minister ""in the rank and status of Cabinet Minister in the PMO"".