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Historical Event on 6/16/1990
Bombay gets 42 cm rainfall, the century's highest. The previous high of 41 cm was recorded on 18, 1986.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/2/1942 | Menka Devi, freedom fighter, was arrested by the police when she and her friends were carrying out Gandhi Jayanti procession. She was tortured with cigar butts and the administration set her house on fire. |
| 1/29/1996 | S.R. Bommai was replaced by Laloo Prasad Yadav as Janata Dal president. |
| 3/18/1990 | Devi Lal, Deputy PM, withdraws his resignation. |
| 11/16/1991 | Madhukar Karekar, famous journalist, died |
| 9/25/1946 | Bishan Singh Bedi, a former Indian cricketer was born. |
| 7/26/1956 | Godavarish Mishra, famous Oriya poet, playwright and essay writer, died. |
| 2/1/1942 | No. 4 Squadron of the IAF was born in the war at Peshawar. The Squadron was first equipped with Lysander aircraft. The Second World War was in its third year and Japanese forces were advancing towards India's eastern frontiers. |
| 12/11/1876 | Raobahadur Yeshwantrao Harishchandra Desai, famous architect, was born. |
| 1/14/1905 | Durga Khote, Marathi stage artist and actress, was born. |
| 11/9/1962 | Dhondo Keshav Karve, social reformer and educationist Bharat Ratna awardee, died. |
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