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Historical Event on 11/16/1991

60 percent of the 23 million voters exercise their franchise in the by-elections to 15 Lok Sahba and 56 Assembly seats in 14 states.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/7/1996Sq. Ldr. Sanjay Thapar of IAF becomes the first Indian to jump from a parachute and hoist the national flag at the North Pole.
5/15/1989NAL's 0.6 m transonic wind tunnel is commissioned. Total project cost is about Rs 20 million.
5/15/1989Akbar captured Ahmednagar.
8/16/1974A.Shankar was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 31st March 1977.
6/17/1950Syed Wazir Ali, cricketer (7 Tests for India), passed away.
7/7/197378 drowned as flash flood sweeped a bus into a river (India).
9/16/1955Leopold C. M. S. Amery, British minister of Colonies (India), died at the age of 81.
6/17/1862Lord Charles Jhon Canning, Governor General and Viceroy of India (1856-1862), died.
5/28/1923Nandamuri Tarak Ramarao, film star, former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh and founder of Telgu Desam Party, was born. He has acted in many films including 'Patal Bhairavi'.
11/13/1999A woman commits 'sati' in Satpura village in Mohaba district of Uttar Pradesh