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Historical Event on 10/16/1990
Dr. Nelson Mandela, conferred with 'Bharat Ratna', the highest civilian honour.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/18/1998 | A.B. Vajpayee, the Prime Minister-designate, releases the 'national agenda for governance' in New Delhi. It is silent on the Ram temple issue, scrapping of Article 370 and a uniform civil code. |
| 3/18/1998 | Ruknud-din Firuz Shah, son of Emperor Iltutmish, was assassinated. |
| 9/6/1774 | British Government supported Peshwa Raghunath Rao to re-conqure Pune. |
| 11/10/1989 | Foundation stone laid for the Ram Janambhoomi temple at Ayodhya. |
| 7/9/1938 | Sanjeev Kumar, famous Hindi film actor, was born. |
| 6/20/1869 | Laxmanrao Kirloskar, great industrialist, social reformer, patriot and founder of Kirloskar Industry, was born at Belgaum. |
| 3/4/1951 | Eleven countries and 489 male and female athletes participated in the first Asian Games started at National Stadium in New Delhi. |
| 10/21/1959 | Chinese and Indian troops clash on Ladakh border. |
| 7/15/1967 | Narayan Shripad Rajhans (Balgandharv), famous singer and actor, passed away. |
| 9/19/1965 | Government extends ultimatum to India to dismantle forts within four days in China. |
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