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Historical Event on 6/16/1998
Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh Prime Minister, meets her Indian couterpart A B Vajpayee in New Delhi.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/14/1889 | Jawaharlal Nehru, first Prime Minister of India, was born. To commemorate his birthday, this day is observed as 'Children's Day' from 1957. |
| 3/26/1918 | Vanavihari B.N. Sundara Rao, great author and journalist, was born at Varthur, Bangalore. |
| 12/10/1948 | Human Rights Day. |
| 11/15/1992 | Praveen Amre scores century (103) on Test Cricket debut vs South Africa at Durban |
| 11/15/1992 | Akbar's Vajir-E-Ajam 'Bairam Khan' was assassinated at Patan, Gujarat by an Afghan assassin Mubarak Khan Lohani ( whose father was slain by Bairam Khan) in the battle of Machiwara. |
| 11/19/1985 | Lall Singh, cricketer (one Test for India 1932), passed away. |
| 10/29/1991 | Barister Waman Barlinge (Dadasaheb), great freedom fighter, former Rajya Sabha member and Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, passed away. |
| 3/21/1979 | The Cytology Research Centre was set up at New Delhi (renamed as the Institute of Cytology and Preventive Oncology in 1988). |
| 5/25/1915 | Mahatma Gandhi established Sabarmati Ashram near Ahmedabad. |
| 5/25/1915 | Babur's eldest son Humayun ascended the throne. He was, doubtless, a man of parts. |
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