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Historical Event on 5/16/1994

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

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/22/1963World Bank loans India $ 67 mil. to improve its railways.
9/9/1942Shirish Kumar, martyr, died.
2/24/1961Government of Madras province was renamed as Tamil Nadu.
1/29/1953Dattatreya Balkrishna Kalelkar ""Kaka Saheb"" was appointed as the Chairman of the Backward Classes Commission.
8/6/1920Film Censor Board at Bombay started working. The first film censored and granted a Censor Certificate No. 1 was a short film of 600 ft., produced by Gaumont Company and it was titled as 'Gaumont Graphic No. 963-964'. The Regional Film Censor Boards were also set-up in Calcutta, Madras and Rangoon.
8/18/199112 LTTE militants commit suicide.
6/20/1946Gandhiji attends Working Committee meeting from 20-21 June.
11/19/1993Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development awarded to Czech President Vaclav Havel.
3/2/1994President's rule in J & K extended.
1/6/1947All India Congress Commitee accepted the division of country.