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Historical Event on 11/16/1997
Sandalwood smuggler Veerappan offers to surrender.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/22/1994 | L. V. Prasad, father of South Indian film industry, died. |
| 1/1/1944 | Sir Edwin Lutyens, the Builder of Rashtrapati Bhavan and England's most outstanding architect of his time, died. |
| 3/30/1923 | New financial measures come into force, including restoration of Salt Tax. |
| 12/3/1970 | Rajendra Agriculture University established at Bihar. |
| 11/20/1990 | Union Government asks Supreme Court to repeal the $470 million Bhopal Gas settlement order. |
| 1/18/1925 | Gajanan Johari, famous Marathi writer, was born. |
| 6/3/1930 | George John Fernandes, social reformer and politician, was born in Mangalore (Karnataka). |
| 8/1/1947 | Partition of India into India and Pakistan. Power transferred. Lord Mountbatten becomes Governor General of India and Muhammed Ali Jinnah, Governor General of Pakistan. |
| 1/10/1993 | India asks Pakistan to reduce its diplomatic strength by 40. |
| 7/4/1914 | Savlaram Ravji Patil (P. Savlaram), film lyrisist and story writer, was born. |
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