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Historical Event on 9/16/1990

Air India establishes a world record by evacuating more than 1.11 lakh people in eight weeks from Kuwait/Iraq during the Gulf War.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/6/1892Rukmini Lakshmipathi, great social reformer and leader, was born at Madurai.
1/18/1994A 12-point formula mooted to defuse the ministerial crisis.
2/11/1944Buddhadev Dasgupta, director (Charachar, Grihajuddha), was born.
8/1/1992S. Rajgopal was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-07-1993.
1/25/1992Swaran Singh and Vajpayee awarded 'Padma Vibhushan'.
5/18/1772Janoji Bhosle, warrior in Peshwa kingdom, passed away.
2/1/1964Judge Pralhad Balacharya Gajendragadkar became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 15.03.1966.
3/10/1997Maharashtra government renames Osmanabad as Dharashiva.
6/16/1946Cabinet Mission negotiations were discontinued. Viceroy proposed Interim Government.
12/27/1998Churches and missionary schools come under attack and many were injured in a fresh outbreak of communal violence in Surat and Dangs district of Gujarat even as the Bajrang Dal and the Vishwa Hindu Parishad announce the stepping up of their stir against the alleged conversion of Hindus.