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Historical Event on 6/16/1990
Bombay gets 42 cm rainfall, the century's highest. The previous high of 41 cm was recorded on 18, 1986.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/5/1922 | Pandita Ramabai, social worker and philosophist, passed away. |
| 2/6/1985 | Vikram Kumar, Soccer(Football) player, was born. |
| 12/31/1861 | Cherrapunji in Assam received rainfall of 22,990 mm in 1861. This was a world record in itself as no other country or place had received rains to such an extent. |
| 11/1/1949 | Thomason Collage at Roorkee, Uttar Pradesh, was raised to the status of an Engineering University - the first of its kind in India. |
| 12/8/1985 | The first summit was held at Dhaka. (7 0r 8). |
| 12/8/1985 | Banka Mahar, 'bhagwatbhakt', passed away by taking Samadhi. |
| 10/29/1988 | Kamaladevi Chattopadhyaya, freedom fighter and political leader, passed away. |
| 6/18/1887 | Dr. Anugrah Narain Singh, freedom fighter, educationist, leader and Minister of India, was born in Poiyavan village, Gaya district, Bihar. |
| 6/19/1995 | In an unprecedented move, UP Speaker Dhani Ram Verma adjourns the two-day special session called to prove Mayavati Government's majority in the House. Later, the House gathers, rejects the sine die adjournment and unanimously elects B.R. Verma (BSP) as new presiding officer to conduct the business of the House. |
| 1/31/1958 | First Earth Satellite Explorer I was launched from Cape Kennedy. |
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