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Historical Event on 11/16/1990
Chandrasekhar Government wins confidence motion of 280 for 214 against and 11 abstained (17 members were absent).
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/12/1979 | Heavy rains resulted in bursting of a dam thus causing floods in Moorvi and Lilapur in Gujarat, killing over 1,335 people. |
| 5/6/1922 | Chhatrapati Rajarshi Shahu, great revolutionary, freedom fighter and social reformer of Kolhapur, passed away at Bombay. He was 48. |
| 1/16/1924 | In a tragic ship wreck, Kumaran Asan, famous Malayalam poet & eminent social worker, died. |
| 10/22/1680 | Rana Rajsingh, king of Mewad, died. |
| 9/6/1990 | Prasar Bharti' bill passed in Parliament. |
| 5/5/2000 | Supreme Court permits former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalitha (petitioner) to have herself and the others examined as ''defence witnesses'' in connection with the trial of the 'Colour TV scam case'. |
| 1/1/1900 | Sathya Sai Baba was born |
| 9/6/1995 | New broad gauge train ""Palace on Wheels"" started between Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan. |
| 12/20/1969 | Nihalsingh Gurumukh, former Chief Minister of Dehli and Governor of Rajasthan, died. |
| 9/18/1924 | Mahatma Gandhi was to fast for 21 days in despair of the recent riots between Muslims and Hindus. It was an expression of his 'unbearable hopelessnes'. ""Nothing I say or write,"" he said, ""can bring the two communities together."" Even as he spoke there were reports of further riots at Kohat, in which 20 Hindus and 11 Muslims were killed. Reservations, Gandhi speaking in Allahabad said, reserved the right to drink water with or without salt. ""It is both a penance and a prayer. As it is penance I need not have taken the public into my confidence but I publish it as, let me hope, an effective prayer to Hindus and Muslims, not to commit suicide"". |
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