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Historical Event on 8/16/1901
Shripad Ramchandra Tikekar, journalist and critic, was born.
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| 12/12/1971 | The first aerial victory was when MiG-21FLs of No. 47 Squadron shot down a PAF F-104 over the Gulf of Kutch and this was followed by three more victories in quick succession on 17 December, when MiG-21FLs of No. 29 Squadron escorting HF-24 Maruts, shot down intercepting F-104s near Uttarlai in the Rajasthan desert in gun-missile encounters, while a third F-104, on an intruding mission, was shot down by another MiG 21FL of No.29 Squadron. |
| 10/29/1935 | Narendra Kumar Chhajerh, great industrialist, was born. |
| 11/19/1999 | Indira Gandhi Peace prize is presented to a social worker of Bangladesh Muhammed Yunus. |
| 7/1/1989 | Yashvantrao Chavan Open University was established. |
| 10/18/1927 | Ramesh Vithaldas Divecha, cricketer (11 wickets for India in early 50's), was born in Bombay. |
| 9/14/1774 | Bentik, first Governor General of India, was born. |
| 6/18/1989 | India and Pakistan decide to end the five-year-old confrontation in Siachen Glacier area by redeploying their forces. |
| 7/6/1881 | Saint Gulabrao Maharaj was born in Vidarbha. |
| 9/15/1927 | Sarveshwar Dayal Saxena was born. |
| 7/21/1977 | Bhudevchandra Basu, famous animal expert, passed away. |
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