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Historical Event on 11/16/1989

66 out of 71 trapped miners at Raniganj rescued.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/16/1930Baba Kanshi Ram, freedom fighter and social reformer, was arrested by British police.
7/11/1979The Lok Sabha commenced a four-day debate on the no-confidence motion against the 21-month-old Janata Government.
7/20/1969M. Hidayatullah became the first acting President of India.
9/25/1990Sabyasachi Mukherji, Chief Justice of Supreme Court, aged 63, died in London.
3/29/1857Sepoy Mangal Pandey shot the first bullet of 1857 Indian mutiny in the barracks of Barrackpur near Calcutta against British Empire. This was the starting of the mutiny.
12/14/1936Kamalkant Bhattacharya, Assamese thinker and author, passed away.
9/10/1924K.T. Gopalkrishnan, famous Hindi writer, was born at Azhicode.
12/1/1990Vijayalaxmi Pandit, first Indian Lady Ambassador and Politician, passed away at the age of 90 years.
1/8/1895Ramchandra Sakharam Ruikar, freedom fighter, pioneer of the labour movement in India and President of All India Trade Union Congress, was born at Rui village, district Kolhapur, Maharashtra.
11/22/1989General Election ( 9th) of India begins for Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in 5 states.