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Historical Event on 2/16/1968

Beatles George Harrison and John Lennon along with their wives fly to India for transcendental meditation study with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/25/1951First General Election of India begins.
8/14/1947Pakistan was partitioned from India. Gandhiji hailed the following day as one of rejoicing for deliverance from British bondage.
9/18/1927Maharashtra Chamber of Commerce was established.
4/17/1799Srirangapatnam was surrounded by British Army in the fourth and last Mysore war which began in 1798. Tipu Sultan' was killed in the battle on 4th May. The East India Company announced the Seringapatanam Medal (1799).
7/14/1997Eleventh Presidential election with K.R.Narayanan and T.N. Seshan as candidates; 732 out of 775 MPs and 3893 out of 4058 MLAs cast their ballots.
6/30/1930George Fernandes, worker's leader and politician, was born.
3/10/1959Mukundrao Ramarao Jaikar, great freedom fighter and famous lawyer, passed away.
8/6/1992A 30-member JPC constituted to probe the security scam.
8/28/1928Mambillikalathil Govind Kumar Menon, noted physicist and scientific advisor to the Prime Minister, was born at Mangalore in Karnataka.
3/2/1982Indira Gandhi opened Mahatma Gandhi Road Bridge at Patna.