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Historical Event on 3/16/1860
Dr. W.M. Haffkine, great scientist, bacteriologist and professor, was born at Odessa in Russia.
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| 8/25/1992 | Veerappa Moily, Karnataka minister, stripped of Education portfolio. |
| 6/22/1910 | Mohommed Hussain `Azad', great Urdu poet, eassy writer and critic, died. |
| 6/6/1990 | GOI decides to extend validity of passports to 10 years. |
| 2/26/1946 | Mrinal Pandey, famous Hindi columnist, was born. |
| 5/6/2000 | Benoy Krishna Chowdhury (89), veteran freedom fighter and prominent CPI(M) leader, died at a Government Hospital in Calcutta. |
| 12/15/1932 | Tirunellai Narayana Iyer Seshan, Chief Election Commissioner of India, was born. |
| 10/23/1985 | Rajiv Gandhi went to New York for the 40th anniversary of the UN. |
| 1/7/1993 | The union govt. acquires 67.703 acres of land in and around the disputed area at Ayodhya and refers the issue to the Supreme Court. |
| 1/7/1993 | Sikandar Sur was compelled to surrender Mankot in Punjab. |
| 9/4/1927 | World fliers reach Karachi, India. |
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