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Historical Event on 11/16/1989

66 out of 71 trapped miners at Raniganj rescued.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/24/1786Charles Cornwallis appointed Governor-General of India.
7/29/1999Bandh in Mumbai to protest against the verdict barring Bal Thackeray from voting and contesting any election till December 10, 2001.
4/2/1997Sumita Sinha of Dhanbad, (18 years college girl) became a world record holder when a 3,200 kg Ambassador car passed over her.
7/6/199339 people were killed and three officials abducted in J&K .
10/20/1774New Regulating Act was introduced which abolished the East India Company Government and a new Government was formed.
10/29/1930Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru is sent back to prison for two yearrs following a speech he made at Allahabad the day after his release from jail.
8/8/1972Olympics open at Munich (26).
2/14/1924Ikramullah (Ikram Sagri) Khan, famous Hindi poet, was born at Rehli in Madhya Pradesh.
12/22/1853Saradamoni Devi was born in Jairambati of Hooghly district.
2/12/1932Roby James Francis D. Silva, great industrialist, artist and designer, was born at Bombay.