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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
2/9/1993Congress (I), AIADMK alliance in Tamil Nadu breaks over Hindi imposition.
11/23/1990Madhavrao Ganesh (Balasaheb Dixit), founder of daily news paper ""Turun Bharat"", passed away.
10/9/1945British troops occupy Andaman in Gulf of Bengal.
4/11/1984Soyuz T-11 returns to Earth which carried 3 cosmonauts including the first Indian Sqn. Ldr. Rakesh Sharma, to Salyut 7.
2/15/1997Conference of Inter-Parliamentary Union in New Delhi.
3/26/1942Indira Gandhi, third Prime Minister of India, was married to Feroze Gandhi.
4/10/1982Indian National Satellite (INSAT-1A) launched. First operational multi-purpose communication and meteorology satellite procured from U.S.A.(Cape Canaveral).
6/12/1997Sitaram Kesri elected president of Congress I (6224 votes. Sharad Pawar-888; Rajesh Pilot-354).
10/26/1934Akhil Bharatiya Gramin Udyog Sangh (All India Small Scale Industries Association) was founded and inaugrated by Mahatma Gandhi.
9/26/1820Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar (Banerji), great Indian educationist, social reformer, litterateur, father of Bengali prose and who gave the Bengalees their first Primer in 1855, was born in the village of Birsingha in Midnapore district of Bengal.