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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
9/1/1893Kashinath Tryambak Telang, first Maharashtrian Chief Justice of Mumbai High Court, died.
9/4/1999Umesh Chandra, Assistant Inspector General of Police, shot dead by the PWG in Hyderabad.
9/19/1991Lok Sabha passes unanimously the Places of Worship Special Provisions Bill for maintaining the status quo of religious places as on 1947.
3/4/1925Jyotirindranath Tagore, great Bengali litterateur and poet, passed away.
2/1/1929Jyotirbhaskaracharya Jayant Salgaonkar was born.
2/15/1992Kesri Publications started the first Indian newspaper in `Brail' lipi (language).
10/6/1997International Commodity Exchange Division of the India Pepper and Spice Trade Association in Kochi opened.
8/30/1993LPG, Petrol dealers get higher commission.
8/13/1784East India Company was appointed as the centralised Regulatory Authority through India by Pitt's India Act, which was accepted in British Parliament in England.
6/14/1985M.C. Sharma was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 10-12-1985.