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Historical Event on 6/16/1997

P. Sukumaran (50), Malayalam film actor, died in Kochi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/22/1999CPI (M) is against India signing the CTBT.
7/23/1904The Great Indian Peninsula Railway started First Class restaurant cars on its mail trains.
4/13/1890Ramchandra Gopal Torne (Dadasaheb), film director, was born.
6/16/1946Cabinet Mission negotiations were discontinued. Viceroy proposed Interim Government.
1/12/2000Dr. Gurudev S. Khush of the Manila-based International Rice Research Institute wins the Wolf prize for Agriculture for the year 2000.
10/5/1997Dr. Kalpana Chawla became the first Indian woman to become an astronaut. (year 1997 or Oct. 5, 1998)
10/27/1907Sardar Bhagat Singh, the great martyr, was born in village Banga, Lyallpur (now in Pakistsan) in a reputed Sikh freedom fighter's family.
9/9/1898Explosive Department of India was established at Nagpur. This is presently under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India.
7/1/1992Major changes in Exim policy-farming and repacking included under the definition of 'manufacturer'.
1/20/1879Raghunath Chaudhary, famous Assamia nature poet, was born.