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Historical Event on 7/16/1993
Russia cancels cryogenic rocket deal with India.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/21/1930 | Five hundred were hurt as police charged Bombay mob. |
| 2/16/1992 | Abbas Musawi, leader of Hezbollah, assassinated. |
| 5/5/1929 | Curfew was imposed in a bid to quell Hindu-Muslim riots that had claimed 21 lives in Bombay. |
| 12/11/1967 | 6.5 earthquake in West India, 170 killed. |
| 2/2/1982 | Mohanlal Purushottamdas Sukhadia, Chief Minister of Rajasthan, freedom fighter, passed away. He was the Chief Minister of Rajasthan from 1954-1971. He introduced Panchayati Raj in Rajasthan and worked for its industrialisation also. |
| 3/31/1930 | Shyamji Krishna Varma, freedom fighter, nationalist and patriot, passed away in Geneva. |
| 9/17/1885 | Keshav Sitaram Thakrey, journalist, social reformer and historian, was born. |
| 6/9/1998 | 81 persons are killed as cyclone hits the Saurashtra and Kutch regions of Gujarat and Jalore district of Rajasthan. Subsequently, the toll is put at 934 in the Kutch-Saurashtra region alone. |
| 4/2/1991 | Haryana Governor recommends President's rule. |
| 11/14/1926 | Piloo H. Mody, social reformer, politician and architect, was born at Bombay. |
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