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Historical Event on 2/16/1968

Beatles George Harrison and John Lennon along with their wives fly to India for transcendental meditation study with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/26/1999Atal Behari Vajpayee, Prime Minister, dispatched a team of experts to Karnataka and Tamil Nadu to assess the water storage position.
3/21/1993The 68 km Mangalore-Udupi stretch of the west coast Konkan rail line opened by the PM.
10/29/1996Shankarsinh Waghela, Gujarat CM, wins confidence vote.
4/2/1948Communist leader S.A. Dange arrested in Bombay.
2/25/1992Beant Singh sworn in as CM of Punjab.
1/19/1919Omprakash Mehra, former Indian Air Chief Marshal and former Governor of Maharashtra, was born.
9/30/1981Pakistan Commando soldiers release 66 hostages in Lahore from five Khalistan hijackers and activists of the Dal Khalsa International.
12/6/1929British Viceroy meets with Indian leaders to discuss dominion status for India.
4/2/1996Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) party registered and recognised.
11/1/1992Indirabai Khadilkar, famous singer, died.