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Historical Event on 6/16/1990
Bombay gets 42 cm rainfall, the century's highest. The previous high of 41 cm was recorded on 18, 1986.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/1/1973 | India starts a drive to save tigers from extinction. |
| 2/13/1997 | Deve Gowda, PM, dedicates the Rs. 3200-crore 480 MW Uri hydel project in north Kashmir to the nation. |
| 7/23/1976 | Hari Chand at Montreal sets record for 10,000m in 28.48.72. |
| 7/23/1956 | India celebrates the birth centenary of Bal Gangadhar ""Lokmanya"" Tilak. |
| 7/23/1906 | Chandrashekhar Azad, great freedom revolutionery and leader, was born at Jhabra, Madhya Pradesh. |
| 9/18/1965 | Communist government threatens dire consequences on discovering Indian bases on the Chinese side of the China-Sikkim frontier in China. |
| 12/11/1993 | Shankar Dayal Sharma, President, inaugurates the extended new wing of Nagpur Vidhan Bhavan. |
| 4/14/1944 | Blast in ammunition loaded on 1,318 tonned freighter 'S. S. Fort Stikine' which was anchored in Victoria Dock at Bombay. The explosion killed 1376 people, wrecking 27 ships and destroying 40,000 tons of food. |
| 12/11/1987 | Rajiv Government defeats the first ever no-confidence motion. |
| 6/30/1930 | George Fernandes, worker's leader and politician, was born. |
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