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Historical Event on 5/16/1994

Phani Mujumdar, veteran film producer and director, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/1/1992Truck operators begin nation-wide strike to press for the abolition of toll tax and octroi.
10/2/1998Santanu Deb Barma of Tripura was chosen for Kabir Puraskar for her role in preventing violence and riots in some areas of the state in 1997.
8/1/1920Bipin Chandra Pal opposed to the Non Co-operation Movement and retired from politics, but movement was approved by Congress.
11/5/1956Nehru breaks silence condemning Soviets for repression in Hungary.
1/8/1908Gandhiji asks the Government for suspension of Registration Act, offers voluntary registration.
7/25/1961Delhi upgraded as an A-class city on the basis of provisional Census figures of 1961.
9/29/1990Central Government adopt a three-pronged strategy to create additional 30 lakh jobs outside the government sector over the next five years.
7/22/1702The ""English Company of Merchants"" and the old East India Company was named the United Company of Merchants of England Trading to the East Indies"". In1833, this name finally changed to East India Company.
10/17/1995BJP withdraws support to Mayavati Government in Uttar Pradesh. UP Governor Motilal Vohra accepts the resignation of Mayawati and her cabinet but asks her to continue as caretaker government. BJP's top brass takes the final decision to break with the BSP.
7/31/1940Udham Singh, fiery revolutionary, freedom fighter and social reformer, was hanged by the British Government in the Pantone Villa Jail, London.