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Historical Event on 2/16/1980
The first visible Total Solar Eclipse of the 20th Century was seen. This succeeded the total solar eclipse after 22 June 1898.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/13/1962 | Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Dr. Rajendra Prasad (1884-1963) |
| 5/10/1996 | Congress Chief Ministers of Assam, Haryana & Pondicherry resign. |
| 4/27/1996 | General Election (11th) of India begins. |
| 4/9/1994 | C. Rajeshwara Rao, 80, former General Secretary of Communist Party of India, passed away in Hyderabad. |
| 2/4/1992 | National Renewal Fund for industries set up. |
| 10/15/1899 | Menka (Lady Lila Sokhi), famous Indian dancer, was born. |
| 10/27/2000 | The Vajpayee Government 'clears' the names of Surjit Singh Barnala, Prabhat Kumar and Dinanath Tiwari for appointment as the Governors of the new States of Uttaranchal, Jharkhand and Chhatisgarh respectively. |
| 12/5/1991 | Sarkaria report accepted. |
| 11/5/1999 | India's Aarthie Ramaswamy won the girl's under-18 crown in the World Youth Chess Festival in Oropesa, Spain. Koneru Humpy bagged the silver in girls' under-12. |
| 1/22/1996 | Janata Dal parliamentary party leader Sharad Yadav resigns from Lok Sabha membership (Jain hawala case). |
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