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Historical Event on 6/16/1950

Mithun Chakravorty, famous Hindi film actor, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/12/2000Neelam Jaswant Singh heaves the discus to a National mark (59.53m) in the Travancore National circuit athletics meet in Thiurvananthapuram.
12/5/1998Jaswant Singh and Pramod Mahajan take over as the new Foreign Minister and Minister for Information and Broadcasting. Jagmohan takes over as Minister for Communications.
7/24/1996Govt. decides to raise the ceiling on the maximum amount of retirement/death gratuity from Rs. 1 lakh to Rs. 2.50 lakhs.
6/25/1983India won 'Prudential World Cup' Cricket Championship held in England after defeating West Indies.
7/8/1954Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of India, inaugurated world's longest Bhakra-Nangal Dam canal at Punjab.
5/12/1995Supreme court stays Tamil Nadu Governor's orders allowing Dr. Subramaniam Swamy to prosecute Chief Minister Dr. Jayalalitha under Prevention of Corruption Act.
9/7/1947Gandhiji leaves Calcutta for Delhi; commences daily visits to riot-affected areas.
7/1/1929Ramchandra Ganpatrao Shinde, educationist, was born at Burhanpur, (M.P.).
4/17/1926Chandrashekhar, eighth Prime Minister of India, was born.
12/24/1972Daily newspaper ""Janshakti"" published it's first edition at Jalgaon.