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Historical Event on 6/16/1997
P. Sukumaran (50), Malayalam film actor, died in Kochi.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/26/1957 | Janta Insurance Scheme was inaugurated in Bombay. |
| 1/16/1995 | Missile carrier vessel 'Vidhrut' dedicated to nation. |
| 12/10/1886 | Ardeshir M. Irani, producer, director, exhibitor and founder of Star Films Ltd. Bombay, was born at Poona. His first film was 'Veer Abhimanyu'. |
| 3/10/1999 | Lok Sabha approves the Patents (Amendment) Bill 1999, by a voice vote. |
| 5/29/1979 | Perminder Singh Sangha, Soccer(Football) player, was born in Oslo, Norway. |
| 12/31/1995 | K.P.S. Gill, DGP of Punjab, retires from service. |
| 10/30/2000 | The 160-page CBI's report on cricket match-fixing names Azharuddin, Ajay Jadeja, Ajay Sharma, Manoj Prabhakar and former physiotherapist Dr. Ali Irani for their deep-rooted nexus with betting syndicates. It virtually gives a clean chit to Kapil Dev. |
| 3/17/1920 | Mujiburr Rahman, the first Prime Minister of Bangladesh, was born in Tungipara now in Bangladesh. |
| 4/8/1887 | Ramnarayan Vishwanath Pathak, famous Gujrati litterateur critic, poet and story writer, was born. |
| 8/17/1761 | William Carey, the first English missionary to India, was born. He taught at the newly founded Fort William College at Calcutta from 1801 till his death and helped found the Serampore Press, which made the Bible accessible to over 300 million people. |
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