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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
12/1/1921Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, great nationalist leader, social reformer and freedom fighter was arrested by the British police for six months and sent to jail.
1/30/1908Gandhiji was summoned to see General Smuts at Pretoria and released on reaching a compromise.
8/25/1997Neelam J. Singh rewrites her own discussion mark in the domestic circuit meet in Chennai.
7/8/1985Sri Lanka Peace talks open in Thimphu.
11/20/1942Attri Devi, freedom fighter, was arrested for further six months. She was earlier arrested for personal satyagraha and to hoist the national flag in Delhi Central Jail on January 26.
1/19/1932Balgovind Jaiswal, educationist and author, was born at Mhow.
4/26/1929British fliers make a record nonstop 4,130-mile trip from London to India.
1/17/1997Supreme Court bans all non-forest activities including running of saw mills and mining in forest areas.
3/17/1997Cochin Stock Exchange goes online.
4/1/2000Disinvestment not distress sell, says Prime Minister A. B. Vajpayee at a conference of chief executives of PSUs in New Delhi.