| AARYA AMBEDKAR |
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June 16 - Birthday |
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ANNIE BESANT |
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June 16, 1917: Her arrest was ordered on
this day by the then Governor of Madras. |
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ARUN JAITLEY |
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June 16, 2009: He resigned from the post of
General Secretary of BJP as per his party's One Man One Post principle. |
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| BAL GANGADHAR TILAK |
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June 16, 1914 - Arrested for sedition and sent to jail in Mandalay,
Burma in 1908, he was released on this day. |
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BIMAL GURUNG |
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June 16, 2017: He urged the people in
Darjeeling to get prepared for the "final battle" for achieving the
separate Gorkhaland state. |
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| CHITTARANJAN DAS |
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June 16 - Death
Anniversary |
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| C.R. SIMHA |
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June 16 - Birth Anniversary |
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TEJAS - LIGHT COMBAT AIRCRAFT |
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June 16, 2008: LSP-2
made its first flight. |
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| HEMANT KUMAR |
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June 16 - Birth
Anniversary |
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INDIAN DEMOCRACY -
EMERGENCY |
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June 16, 2017: The government has decided to observe
anti-Emergency day on June 25-26. |
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MAULANA ABUL KALAM AZAD |
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June 16, 1946: He attacked Jinnah's demand
for Pakistan and the mission's proposal of this day that envisaged the
partition of India, and became a strong proponent of the mission's
earlier proposal of a federal system with a limited central government
and autonomy for the provinces. |
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| MITHUN CHAKRABORTY |
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June 16 - Birthday |
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NOOR INAYAT KHAN |
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June 16, 1943: She was sent to France on a
spying mission as wireless operator. |
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ROMESH BHANDARI |
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June 16, 1995: Became the Governor of Goa. |
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R.P. SINGH |
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June 16, 2009: He played his last T20I
match on this day; against South Africa. |
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S. SUBRAMANIA IYER |
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June 16, 1917: As President of the League,
he took up the cause of Mrs. Besant and her colleagues after his arrest
ordered on this day by the then Governor of Madras. |
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| VALENTINA TERESHKOVA |
First woman of the world to fly into outer space
June 16, 1963:
She flew into space first on this day. |
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| V. HANUMANTHA RAO |
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June 16 - Birthday |
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