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Historical Event on 9/16/1990

Air India establishes a world record by evacuating more than 1.11 lakh people in eight weeks from Kuwait/Iraq during the Gulf War.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/23/1975Prannath Thapar, former Chief of Army, died.
10/31/1999Dr. S. S. Badrinath gets Dhanvantari Award.
7/21/1906W.C. Bonerjee, first President of Indian National Congress, passed away.
9/20/1940Saroj Lalwani, journalist and printing press director, was born.
11/24/1988Mizoram became the first Lok Sabha member.
5/8/1998Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh Prime Minister, gets the Gandhi award for 1998.
11/6/1950King Tribhuvana of Nepal flees to India.
3/11/1915Vijay Samuel Hazare, cricketer (prolific Indian batsman 1946-54), was born in Sangli, Maharashtra.
10/14/1919Raghu Karmkar, famous cinephotographer, was born.
9/25/1947Kashmir accedes to Indian Union.