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Historical Event on 9/16/1977

Kesarbai Kerkar, famous classical singer, died in Bombay.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/19/1994Rupee made fully convertible on current account.
4/21/1994Malayalam sweeps national film awards. Mammootty, Shobhana best actor and actress; T.V. Chandran best director; Buddadeb Das Gupta's Bengali 'Charachar' adjudged best film.
12/23/2000The Centre gives a green signal to West Bengal Government's proposal to rename Calcutta as ''Kolkata''.
9/3/1997India and E.U. sign an agreement envisaging a $200 m. E.U. aid for the country's primary health care programme.
5/15/1873The proposal to dissolve East India Company was passed in England.
11/23/1908Durga Das, famous social reformer and journalist, was born.
1/5/1995India receives first consignment of Chinese Low Enriched Uranium (LEU) for the 2 US built Tarapur nuclear plant with the approval of IAEA.
4/12/1801Ranjit Singh proclaimed himself Maharaja of Punjab.
4/5/1940Charles Freer Andrews, a Christian Missionary, died in Calcutta. He is also referred as ""Deenabandhu Andrews"".
11/15/1993IA Airbus with 272 on board forcelands on a paddy field near Tirupati; all passengers safe.