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Historical Event on 1/16/1989

Prem Nazir, famous actor of more than 620 Malayalam films, died at the age of 59 yrs.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/1/1976Indira Gandhi asks for sweeping new powers at New Delhi.
12/8/1911Gaandhiji invites Gokhale to South Africa.
2/3/1997Major fire reduces Calcutta Book Fair to ashes.
11/12/2000Huge voter turnout for Congress Presidential poll. Seven top BSF and IAF officials die after their MI8 helicopter crashes near Lakhpat in the Rann of Kutch in Gujarat.
8/21/1978Vinoo Mankad, cricketer, died. He played 44 tests for India and had 2109 runs and took 162 wickets.
12/3/1971Pakistan took the initiative of striking the airfields both in the East and the West. While the IAF carried out retaliatory air strikes in the West and shot the Pakistan Air Force (PAP) out of the skies.
1/28/2000Indian junior cricket team wins the Youth cricket World Cup.
2/15/1992Kesri Publications started the first Indian newspaper in `Brail' lipi (language).
12/12/1996India and Bangladesh arrive at a settlement to share Ganga water.
12/19/1994K. A. P. Vishwanathan, famous Tamil author, passed away.