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Historical Event on 6/16/1950

Mithun Chakravorty, famous Hindi film actor, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/21/1996Rao resigns Congress Party President post.
3/1/1640Britishers were allowed to do commercial activities in Madras.
2/6/1994World Marathi Chember of Commerce' established.
3/1/1930Coimbatarao Doraikannu Gopinath, cricketer (batted in 8 Tests for India in the 1950's), was born in Madras.
3/8/1864Hari Narayan Apte, a well known Marathi writer who popularised social and historical themes in his novels, was born. He presided over the 8th Marathi Sahitya Sammelen in 1912.
1/12/2000T. S. Krishna Murthy is appointed Election Commissioner in place of G.V.G. Krishnamoorthy who retired.
1/8/1947Rajasthan University established at Jaipur.
2/18/1975Syed Nazir Ali, cricketer (2 Tests for India, 4 wickets), passed away.
6/22/1898The last total Solar Eclipse of 19th century was seen in India.
8/1/1993Dr. K. N. Raju, a Nilakantan protegee, assumes office as NAL's fourth Director.