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Historical Event on 2/16/1993
Dr. U.R. Ananta Murthy elected President of the Kendra Sahitya Academy.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/31/1963 | Peacock declared as National Bird of India. |
| 12/22/1877 | Shreenivas Ramanujam, famous Indian mathematician, was born. |
| 4/16/1992 | The PM gives a new slogan to the nation, 'Desh banao, desh bachao'. |
| 6/7/1999 | Supreme Court, through an interim order, stayed the execution of the four accused in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case till July 19, 1999. |
| 3/12/1917 | Googie Withers, actress (1 of Our Aircraft is Missing), was born in Karachi, India. |
| 8/1/1986 | Amnesty scheme for evaders of taxes announced. |
| 9/23/1862 | Sriniwas Shastri, great patriot and veteran politician, was born. |
| 4/17/1926 | Chandrashekhar, eighth Prime Minister of India, was born. |
| 8/10/1994 | President's rule in J&K extended for another 6 months beginning 3rd Sept. |
| 7/21/1977 | K.S. Hegde elected Lok Sabha Speaker. |
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