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Historical Event on 6/16/1859
Anandram Dhekial Fukun, father of modern Assamia poetry and essay writer, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/1/1988 | The first Congress of the Indian Dental Association begins. (28-1-88). |
| 12/25/1921 | Mass boycott greets the Prince of Wales when he arrives in Calcutta. |
| 6/10/1997 | 18 persons were killed and 10 wounded by suspected National Liberation Front of Tripura militants at Thalchhara near Agartala. |
| 11/22/1913 | Lakshmikant Jha, Governor of Jammu and Kashmir state and international famed ecomonist, was born. |
| 4/1/1947 | Gandhiji addresses Asian Relations Conference in Delhi. |
| 8/14/1968 | Pravin Kalyan Amre, cricketer (Indian batsman, century on Test debut 1992), was born in Bombay. |
| 8/8/1940 | Dilip Narayan Sardesai, cricketer (high scoring Indian batsman of sixties), was born in Margao, Goa. He has received Arjun Award (1970). |
| 7/22/1998 | India's 4x100m quartet of Saraswati Dey, E.B. Shyla, P.T. Usha and Rachita Mistry win gold in the Asian Athletic championships at Fukuoka. |
| 2/14/1901 | King Edward VII open's his first parliament. |
| 1/3/1997 | Jayalalitha, former Tamil Nadu CM, inprisoned for 27 days, released on bail. |
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