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Historical Event on 2/16/1944
Dadasaheb Phalke passed away in Nasik at the age of 74. He is remembered as the 'Father of Indian Cinema'. He produced India's first feature Film, 'Raja Harishchandra'. He was Director, Producer, Writer, Editor & Laboratorian. Dada Saheb Phalke Award issued by Government of India is given in his memory.

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3/12/1996	Last session of the 10th Lok Sabha ends.
1/2/1979	Gavaskar gets twin tons for India for the third time (vs West Indies).
1/20/1994	Chinese film 'Farewell, My Concubine' and Adoor Gopalakrishnan's 'Vidheyan' adjudged best Foreign and Indian films in the 25th International Film Festival at Calcutta.
7/11/1979	The Lok Sabha commenced a four-day debate on the no-confidence motion against the 21-month-old Janata Government.
9/10/1920	Subramhanyam Bharti, national poet in Tamil language, orator, author, editor, philosopher and revolutionary, passed away.
2/28/1985	M.G. Katre became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 31/10/89).
11/15/1993	Supreme Court rules that the CEC is supreme
10/9/1978	Asian Games begin in Bangkok.
5/7/1907	Rajbali Pandey, famous poet, was born.
8/12/1997	Gulshan Kumar of Super Cassette Industries was shot dead by four unidentified persons in north-west Mumbai.

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