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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 |
| 12/8/1980 | Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev visits New Delhi. |
| 6/22/1959 | Iyengar Kasturi Srinivas, great politician and journalist, passed away. |
| 9/12/1971 | Jaikishen, famous Hindi film music director, died. |
| 6/2/1953 | Mountaineer Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and his Nepalese Sherpa guide Tensing became the first men to conquer Mount Everest, the world's tallest mountain. The two reached the pinnacle of Everest, more than 29,000 feet above sea level, at 11.30 a.m. |
| 2/1/1797 | Lord Cornwallis was sworn in as Governor General of India for a second time in England. However, he did not proceed to India till 1805. |
| 2/16/1933 | Surya Sen Masterda, revolutionary freedom fighter, who attacked the Armoury of Chittagong with 62 men of the Indian Republican Army and was underground on Jalalabad Hills, was arrested. |
| 12/19/1952 | Nehru announces the Government's decision for establishing an Andhra State, constituting Telugu speaking areas of the State of Madras, excluding the city. |
| 2/13/1968 | Atal Bihari Vajpayee elected President of the All India Jan Sangha. |
| 10/10/1996 | UP polls throw up a hung assembly. |
| 2/23/1952 | Employees Provident Fund Bill and Miscellaneous Provision Act passed in the Lok Sabha. |
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