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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
2/13/1991Muslim League leaves the UDF in Kerala.
3/3/1707Shehejade Muajjam declared himself as the successor of Aurangzeb and renamed himself Bahadurshah First.
3/20/1994Pakistan closes down its consulate in Bombay.
9/2/1946Jawaharlal Nehru, was sworn in as the Prime Minister of the Interim Government of Undivided india, against Partition.
1/30/1949Night Airmail Services was inaugurated.
3/22/1991Chautala sworn in as Haryana CM.
12/7/1979Ramandeep Singh Gill, Soccer(Football) player, was born in Oslo, Norway.
12/21/1952Saifuddin Kitchlu awarded the Lenin Peace Prize of U.S.S.R. Award. He was the first Indian to receive this honour.
1/26/1961Special stamps dedicated to Mahatma Gandhi in the Champion of Liberty series issued by the United States postal department.
12/20/1998Dr. B. V. Raman (86), a reputed astrologer, dies in Bangalore following a cardiac arrest. He was the Editor of The Astrological Magazine.