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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
3/25/1898Dalpatrai (Dalpatram Dahyabhai Trawadi), modern Gujrati poet, passed away.
3/9/1996India wins India-Pakistan World Cup Quater Final cricket match in Bangalore (Wills World Cup). This was the last international match played by Javed Miandad.
9/8/1953Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah, Premier of Kashmir, was shot at.
4/1/1882Savings Bank Postal system was introduced.
9/21/1990Supreme Court refuses to stay implementation of Mandal Commission Report.
1/1/1879Edward M Forster, English novelist (Howards End, Passage to India), was born.
1/26/1993Sub Lt. Rubi Singh of the Navy becomes the first woman in India to lead an armed force contingent in the Republic Day parade at New Delhi; British PM John Major attends as the first ever British head of Government as Chief Guest.
1/7/1994Malhotra Committee recommends privatisation and foreign participation of LIC and GIC.
2/27/1996In the Jain hawala case, non bailable warrants of arrest issued against 10 politicians including BJP leader L.K. Advani, former Dy. PM Devi Lal and former Union Ministers.
11/5/1996Madhavrao Scindia rejoins Congress.