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Historical Event on 5/16/1986

V. Shantaram, 75, was chosen for the Dada Saheb Phalke award.

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4/4/1994Ravi Naik, Goa CM, resigns.
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10/31/1920Inaugural session of the All India Trade Union Congress was conducted in Bombay.
11/25/1948National Cadet Corps was first established.
10/23/1973Sambamurthy Pichhu, famous musician of Madras, died.
11/15/1991Import curbs on capital goods relaxed.
5/17/1999Sonia Gandhi resigns as Congress president but the CWC(I) rejects it.
12/15/1974Rasulatbai, veteran classical music expert, died.
1/29/1948Angry refugees ask Gandhiji to retire to the Himalayas.
3/16/1992Satyajit Ray, veteran film producer and director, was presented the honorary Oscar by a three-member Oscar committee at a Calcutta nursing home.