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Historical Event on 2/16/1968

Beatles George Harrison and John Lennon along with their wives fly to India for transcendental meditation study with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/31/1997The Bombay Stock Exchange crashes by 300 points.
2/24/1994Sharp increase in freight rates in the 1994-95 Railway budget; Pre-budget Economic Survey puts GDP growth in 1993-94 at 3.8\%.
5/8/1990Paul Mantosh and Joss Fernandes take oath as nominated Anglo-Indian members in Lok Sabha.
4/6/1664Harkhishan Singh, Sikh Guru, died.
1/15/1929Dr. Martin Luther King, civil rights leader of the United States of America, freedom fighter and Nobel Prize awardee, was born at America.
8/22/1984R. Venkataraman was elected the Vice President of India (1984 -1987).
9/20/1932Gandhiji commences ""fast unto death"" (hunger strike) in Poona prison to secure abolition of separate electorates for Harijans and untouchables.
1/26/1926V. G. Kanitkar, famous Marathi literatteur, was born.
11/29/1948Assembly bans discrimination against untouchables.
10/5/1999India decides not to attend the special meet on CTBT.