16 JUN HISTORY TODAY

Today in Indian History
Events for June 16

16-June-1605	Akbar (Abul-Fath Djalal-ud-Din), Mughal emperor of India (1556-1605), passed away of diarrhoea or dysentery at the age of 63 years. At Akbar's graveside, stood conspicious in his simplicity, Jesuit priest Father Xavier who always remained his devoted friend. (16 or 17).
16-June-1859	Anandram Dhekial Fukun, father of modern Assamia poetry and essay writer, passed away.
16-June-1893	Karumuttu Thiagarajan Chettiar, social worker and industrialist, was born at Athikkadu Thekkur in Tamil Nadu.
16-June-1920	Hemant Chaudhary, famous singer and music director, was born.
16-June-1925	Chittaranjan Das, great freedom fighter, revolutionary, orator, poet, journalist and lawyer, died.
16-June-1934	M. Muthuraman, noted Hindi writer and professor, was born at Dindigul in Madurai (Tamil Nadu).
16-June-1946	Britain invites Indian leaders to set up an interim govt at London.
16-June-1946	C. Rajagopalchari became the Governor of West Bengal (1947) in Interim Government.
16-June-1946	Cabinet Mission negotiations were discontinued. Viceroy proposed Interim Government.
16-June-1950	Mithun Chakravorty, famous Hindi film actor, was born.
16-June-1951	Nehru opponents founded People's party at New Delhi.
16-June-1990	Bombay gets 42 cm rainfall, the century's highest. The previous high of 41 cm was recorded on 18, 1986.
16-June-1990	GOI announces higher procurement/minimum support prices for all major kharif crops.
16-June-1992	P. D. Dhhavle, former editor of daily newspaper `Maharashtra', passed away.
16-June-1993	Harshad Mehta accuses PM of taking Rs. 1 crore payoff from him in November 1991; Rao terms it malicious and unfounded.
16-June-1997	P. Sukumaran (50), Malayalam film actor, died in Kochi.
16-June-1997	K. R. Narayanan, Vice-President, is the joint candidate of Congress(I) and United Front for Presidentship in July 14 election.
16-June-1998	Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh Prime Minister, meets her Indian couterpart A B Vajpayee in New Delhi.