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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
10/23/1985Rajiv Gandhi went to New York for the 40th anniversary of the UN.
9/17/1876Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay was born in Debanandpur village.
1/15/1998Gulzari Lal Nanda, Gandhian freedom fighter and twice acting Prime Minister in 1964 and 1966, died in Ahmedabad at the age of 100 years.
4/8/1674Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj honoured Hansaji Mohite with the degree of 'Hambirrao' and appointed him as Chief General of his Army.
2/23/1932The N. W. Frontier province is created.
5/20/1991A. S. L. V. was launched.
11/29/1945Ugoslaviya in Rajshahi was ended.
6/18/1988V.P.Singh defeats Congress rival Sunil Shastri in Allahabad Lok Sabha election.
7/18/1993Rail, road traffic disrupted.
10/19/1983Prof. Subramanyam Chandrasekhar shares the 1983 Nobel Prize for Physics with fellow American Prof. William Fowler.