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Historical Event on 12/16/1999

Likhiram Karve, Madhya Pradesh's Minister for Transport, is hacked to death by naxalites.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/31/1970Indira Gandhi called for international help as the civil war in Bangladesh, or East Pakistan, had turned two million people into refugees. Many of them were suffering from cholera and smallpox. The authorities of West Pakistan refused to care for them, and India couldn't afford to.
8/2/1763British troops once again defeated Mir Kasim in 'Giriya' battle.
7/1/1992Truck operators begin nation-wide strike to press for the abolition of toll tax and octroi.
5/6/1944Mahatma Gandhi was released unconditionally from his last imprisonment from Aga Khan Palace at Pune.
2/3/1986Pope John Paul II meets Mother Teresa at Calcutta.
9/29/1994Gulf nations suspend Indian flights on account of plague epidemic.
2/10/1961P. L. Deshpande played first solo drama 'Batatyachi Chawl'.
10/1/2000Ram Vilas Paswan, Communications Minister, launched the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited having total functional autonomy.
2/22/1993Sudhakarrao Naik, Mahrashtra CM, resigns in the wake of party dissidence.
10/26/1814British General Governor declared war against Nepal.