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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
1/6/1987An International Conference to commemorate the 75 anniversary of the African National Congress opens in New Delhi.
2/12/1928Lalit Mohan Sharma, former Chief Justice of Supreme Court, was born.
9/25/1946Bishan Singh Giansingh Bedi, cricketer (mighty Indian slow left-armer 1966-79), was born in Amritsar. He received the Arjun Award (1969) and the Padmashree (1970).
3/23/1923Hemu Kalani, revolutionary freedom fighter, was born at Sukkur, Sind. He was held for removing of fishplates which caused derailment of British Wagon.
12/20/1957Satyajit Ray's 'Pather Panchali' is declared the best film at the San Francisco Film Festival.
9/16/1996First one-day international in Canada played between India and Pakistan at Toronto.
1/1/1989India and Pakistan sign three agreements.
4/1/1993National Aeronautical Laboratory becomes National Aerospace Laboratories.
8/15/1997IWM Vijayalakshmi wins Asian Zonal Women's Chess tournament in Tehran.
8/3/1998India's most sophisticated medium range surface-to-air missile ''Akash'' was test-fired from the interim test range at Chandipur-on-sea.