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Historical Event on 8/16/1991

Indian Airliner Boeing 737 crashes in Manipur's Churachandpur district killing all 69 aboard.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/6/2000Mohan Lal bags Best Actor Award for his sensitive portrayal of a Kathakali artist in ''Vaanasprastham'' and the film wins the Best Feature Film and Best Editing Awards at the 47th National Film Festival-2000.
7/23/1923Navinchandra Chimanlal Pandya, great educationist, was born at Prantij, Ahmedabad.
7/15/1967Narayan Shripad Rajhans (Balgandharv), famous singer and actor, passed away.
1/29/1977Judge Mirza Hameedullah Beg became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 21/02/1978.
7/8/1996Tamil Nadu Govt. moves SC for fresh directions to Karnataka govt. for release of 15 tmc. ft. of water.
6/22/1996Saurav Ganguly scores 131 at Lord's on Test debut.
9/1/1942Rasbihari Bose established the Indian National Army.
6/29/1857Battle at Chinhat (Indies rebel under Barkat Ahmed beat British).
10/3/1999Insp N Gojen Singh won a 'silver' medal in 10,000 m. race and 6th position in 5,000 m. race in the 8th Asian Junior Athletic Championship ( International Level) held at Singapore.
3/2/1933Anandji, famous music director, was born.