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Historical Event on 10/16/1952
Pakistan's first Test vs India starts at Delhi.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/14/1999 | At least 51 persons are killed and several injured in a stampede at a hilltop at Pampa on the foothills of Sabarimala in Kerala. |
| 2/2/1949 | Press Trust of India' was established. |
| 6/17/1824 | Bureau of Indian Affairs established. |
| 3/13/1989 | The first straw fired thermal power plant was laid in Jakhari village of Punjab. |
| 5/8/1997 | India decides to import currency notes for the first time. |
| 1/23/1992 | India becomes ASEAN dialogue partner. |
| 8/1/1994 | Surendra Singh was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-07-1996. |
| 10/16/1999 | Indian women claimed bronze in the Asian team chess championship in Shenyang |
| 12/14/1924 | Ranbir Raj Kapoor, famous film producer, director and actor, was born. |
| 9/18/1924 | Mahatma Gandhi was to fast for 21 days in despair of the recent riots between Muslims and Hindus. It was an expression of his 'unbearable hopelessnes'. ""Nothing I say or write,"" he said, ""can bring the two communities together."" Even as he spoke there were reports of further riots at Kohat, in which 20 Hindus and 11 Muslims were killed. Reservations, Gandhi speaking in Allahabad said, reserved the right to drink water with or without salt. ""It is both a penance and a prayer. As it is penance I need not have taken the public into my confidence but I publish it as, let me hope, an effective prayer to Hindus and Muslims, not to commit suicide"". |
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