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Historical Event on 5/16/1986
V. Shantaram, 75, was chosen for the Dada Saheb Phalke award.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/10/1993 | Kerala Congress(M) splits; Four MLAs, including Minister T.M.Jacob, expelled. |
| 9/22/2000 | Kerala High Court suspends the sentence awarded by the Kottayam Special Court on 32 accused in the Suryanelli rape case. |
| 11/24/1924 | Rasipuram Krishnaswami Laxman, famous political cartoonist, was born. |
| 6/4/1993 | L K Advani unanimously elected President of BJP. |
| 10/24/1995 | Total solar eclipse seen over Rajasthan, UP, Bihar and West Bengal, while partial eclipse seen in the rest of the country. |
| 12/17/1996 | Virendrakumar Jain, famous writer, died in Mumbai. |
| 2/19/1949 | Mass arrests of communists in India. |
| 10/29/1961 | New All India Muslim League was established. |
| 10/22/2000 | The Supreme Court, in a significant order, erases Karnataka High Court judgement discharging former Chief Minister S. Bangarappa and his then private secretary R. Suribabu in a corruption case. |
| 9/26/1904 | R. V. Jagirdar, famous Kannad play writer, was born. |
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