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Historical Event on 6/16/1920

Hemant Chaudhary, famous singer and music director, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/28/1883Vinayak Damodar Savarkar ""Veer Savarkar"", great freedom fighter, social reformer, politician and writer, was born at Bhagur village near Nasik.
7/20/1969M. Hidayatullah became the first acting President of India.
3/17/1959Dalai Lama XIV flees from Tibet after Chinese military occupied Tibet.
4/11/1984Soyuz T-11 returns to Earth which carried 3 cosmonauts including the first Indian Sqn. Ldr. Rakesh Sharma, to Salyut 7.
8/23/1995First ever cellular phone service begins in Calcutta.
6/25/2000India lifts the Asia Cup sub-junior hockey championship in Kuala Lumpur.
3/30/1665Murarbaji died at Purandar fort during a battle with Dilerkhan.
7/23/1903Chandra Shekhar Azad was born Today in 1903
7/31/1995Rishang Keshing,Manipur CM, wins the vote of confidence.
10/18/2000Supreme Court gives the nod for construction of the Sardar Sarovar Dam on the Narmada river.