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Historical Event on 2/16/1993
Dr. U.R. Ananta Murthy elected President of the Kendra Sahitya Academy.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/4/1984 | Squadron Leader Rakesh Sharma was the first Indian Astronaut to go in space from Baikanaur aboard Soviet Space Craft 'Soyuz 11' and revolved around the earth. |
| 2/17/1998 | Delhi-Tamil Nadu Ranji Trophy super-league match in Chennai was abandoned owing to pitch tampering. |
| 7/31/1980 | Muhammad Rafi, famous playback singer, died at the age of 40. |
| 3/10/1995 | Ashok Padbidri, famous journalist and editor, died. |
| 10/15/1992 | Talwinder Singh Parmar, the Babbar Khalsa founder who masterminded the Kanishka jumbo explosion of 1985, was shot by security forces in Punjab. |
| 1/19/1932 | Balgovind Jaiswal, educationist and author, was born at Mhow. |
| 4/5/1848 | Satara kingdom came to end. |
| 7/16/1956 | K. L. Pawar, who guided students for the written examinations, was born. |
| 5/22/1927 | M. S. Shivsankaraiyah, cricket test umpire for 3 tests from 1974-77, was born at Andhra Pradesh. |
| 8/21/1955 | Ramnarayan Vishwanath Pathak, noted critic of Gujarati literature, poet and story writer, passed away. |
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