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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 |
| 7/3/1661 | Portugal gives Tanger & Bombay to English King Charles II. |
| 6/3/1890 | Baburao Painter (Baburao Krishnaji Meshri), famous painter, sculptor, film producer and director, was born. |
| 8/8/1967 | Central government, for the first time since independence, suffered a token defeat in the Lok Sabha. |
| 1/15/1996 | Restoration of the original name of the city as ""Mumbai"" for Bombay Vide Maharashtra Act No, XXV of 1996. |
| 1/7/1885 | Madhav Narayan Joshi, comedy drama writer, was born. |
| 10/31/1955 | The Prime Minister inaugurated the Cooperative Milk Producers' Union factory at Anand, Gujarat. |
| 8/26/1874 | Ishwar Sharan Munshi, politician and philosopher, was born. |
| 2/2/1956 | The president inaugurated the Bhoodan padyatra led by Dr. Sushila Nayar. |
| 9/19/1933 | Sunit Francis Rodrigues, former Chief Army General, was born. |
| 1/6/1947 | All India Congress Commitee accepted the division of country. |
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