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Historical Event on 11/16/1993

Kashmir's 32-day-old Hazaratbal impasse ends with militants' surrender.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/31/1885St. Stephen's Hospital was opened. It was the first hospital for women and children at Delhi.
9/21/1862Venkat Apparao Gurjad, famous Telegu poet, playwright, story writer, critic and social reformer, was born.
1/25/1954Manabendranath Roy, famous leader of socialist revolution, passed away at Dehradun.
12/10/1878Chakravarti Rajagopalachari, great social reformer, ardent patriot, incisive thinker and eminent literateur was born at Hosur in Tamil Nadu. He was the first Indian Governor General of independent India and popularly known as 'Rajaji'.
4/7/1987In a case filed by Saira Banu of Kerela, Supreme Court held that all wives, including Muslim women, whose husbands have either married again or taken a mistress are entitled to maintenance.
4/28/1848Utkal Gourab Madhusudan Das was born in Calcutta district in Orissa.
3/30/1929Weekly postal service across 5,000-miles by aeroplane started between England and India serving India, Egypt, Palestine and Iraq in London.
9/4/1665Raja Jai Singh treaty of Purandar was signed between the Mughals and Chattrapati Shivaji Maharaj.
12/15/195760 Harijans enter the Vishwanath Temple at Varanasi.
1/30/1999Gopinath Bordoloi was awarded the highest civilian award Bharat Ratna, The Highest Civilian Award in India. 1999.