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Historical Event on 2/16/1992
Abbas Musawi, leader of Hezbollah, assassinated.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/20/1942 | Attri Devi, freedom fighter, was arrested for further six months. She was earlier arrested for personal satyagraha and to hoist the national flag in Delhi Central Jail on January 26. |
| 5/17/1974 | Durgadas, famous Indian journalist, passed away. |
| 8/14/1993 | New governors for MP, Bihar, West Bengal & Tripura. |
| 10/3/1997 | Financial and operational autonomy to be given to 97 profit-making public sector enterprises ('mini-ratnas') other than the navaratnas. |
| 11/20/1989 | Hirabai Barodekar, famous singer of ""Kirana Gharana"", passed away. |
| 1/29/1939 | Radical Subhas Chandra Rose beats Gandhi's candidature to become Indian President. |
| 10/19/1974 | T. S. Rajamanikkam Pillai, famous Tamil stage artist, died. |
| 10/19/1974 | Mian Tansen, a prominent figure of North Indian (Hindustani) classical music and famous singer of Akbar's court, died at Gwalior. Tansen is remembered for his epic Dhrupad compositions, creating several new ragas, as well as for writing two classic books on music Sri Ganesh Stotra and Sangita Sara. |
| 3/25/1905 | Mirza Rasid Ali Baig, famous Indian politician, was born. |
| 7/31/1946 | Jinnah threatens sanctions of ""Direct Action"". |
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