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Historical Event on 9/16/1990

Air India establishes a world record by evacuating more than 1.11 lakh people in eight weeks from Kuwait/Iraq during the Gulf War.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/13/1905Kumar Shri Duleepsinhji, cricketer (England 1929-31), was born.
1/11/1994Hyderabad score 6 for 944 against Andhra Pradesh in Ranji Trophy.
9/18/1803Puri was captured by Britishers from the Marathas without any struggle.
7/17/1893Lokmanya Tilak was arrested for 18 months.
9/12/1992Mallikarjun Bhimramayya Mansoor, famous Hindustani classical vocalist of Jaipur Gharana, died in Dharward, Karnataka at the age of 81 years.
1/5/1988India's first indigenously built 'Braille' script released short hand machine for the blind.
12/4/1977Ajit Agarkar, promising Indian ODI all-rounder, was born.
9/8/1951The office of Controller of Military Accounts (Pensions) was re-designated as CDA(P), Allahabad.
7/5/1916Indian Women's University was established at Hingne near Poona by Dr. Dhondo Keshav Karve with just four students. After 1920, it was renamed as Shreemati Nathibai Damodar Thackersey Indian Women's University.
4/6/1606Khusru Prince and his father Jahangir rebelled and fled from Agra.