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Historical Event on 8/16/1994
Government agrees to present the revised ATR on JPC report on Scam; Parliament crisis defused.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/24/1944 | Manmohan Singh, famous economist and Finance Minister of India, was born. |
| 10/22/1962 | Bakhra-Nangal Dam, a multipurpose river valley project, was dedicated to the nation by Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. |
| 4/15/1992 | D. T. Lakdawala, former member of Planning Commission, passed away. |
| 8/11/1997 | Hundreds travelling by Delhi-bound Rajdhani Express from Guwahati have miraculous escape as improvised explosive device planted by suspected Bodo extremists explodes on track near Guwahati. |
| 6/11/1907 | Shantilal Jivanlal Gandhi, famous Hindi writer, was born in Mehmadabad, Gujarat . |
| 11/9/1877 | Muhammad Iqbal, Urdu poet, was born in Sialkot (now in Pakistan). |
| 5/8/1963 | Centenary of Indian Red Cross was celebrated. Today is birthday of its founder. |
| 8/15/1965 | Television starts in New Delhi. |
| 5/20/1776 | Malharrao Holkar, founder of Indoor, passed away. |
| 4/20/1960 | Pannalal Ghosh, famous flute player, passed away. |
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