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Historical Event on 11/16/1992

Reservation, Supreme Court rejects economic criteria.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/31/1984Indira Gandhi, India's four-time prime minister, was gunned down by two members of her personal security guard as she walked from her home to her office in New Delhi. She died after four hours of emergency surgery. The only daughter of former Prime Minister Nehru was 66. Both of her attackers were identified as members of the Sikh religion. One was shot dead. The other was captured. Sikh extremists had threatened to kill Ms. Gandhi since she ordered the raid on their shrine in Amritsar. She had told an interviewer that she was not intimidated by the threats. 'I am not afraid,' she said. 'I am frequently attacked.'
6/29/1976Sandhya Chib, Miss India-Universe (1996), was born.
8/13/1960Marmik' weekly magzine published.
5/26/1931One hundred miners were trapped beneath a blazing mine. It was thought that there were unlikely to be any survivors in Madras.
1/4/1967Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. began delivery of the MIG aircraft.
3/3/1993Sharad Pawar nominated CM of Maharashtra.
3/30/1993Punjab beat Maharashtra by 120 runs to win Cricket's Ranji Trophy.
6/5/1980Manipur University was established.
1/20/1939Nalin Chandra Wickramasinghe, great Indian astronomer, was born.
2/20/1847Turf Club of Royal Calcutta was established.