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Historical Event on 10/16/1999
A woman is elected as the Speaker of the Sikkim Assembly.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/5/2000 | Rachita Mistry breaks P.T. Usha's long-standing record in 100m (11.39s) clocking 11.26s in the National circuit meet in Bangalore. |
| 8/1/1993 | Jananayak Debeswar Sarmah, great freedom fighter, architect and nationalist, died at Jorhat, Assam. |
| 7/22/1978 | Indira Gandhi charged with criminal misconduct during 1977 campaign. |
| 5/17/1991 | Prabhakar Machve, great litterateur, passed away. |
| 1/7/1928 | Rajindranath, cricketer (4 stumpings in his only Test for India), was born at Amritsar. |
| 10/23/1973 | Sambamurthy Pichhu, famous musician of Madras, died. |
| 2/19/1992 | The ruling Congress party wins local elections boycotted by Sikhs in Punjab. |
| 8/12/1946 | Viceroy announces invitation to Congress to form provisional Government. |
| 6/27/1922 | Vaidyalingam Akhiladam Perunglur, Gyanpeeth awardee and famous Tamil author, was born. |
| 3/4/1939 | Lala Har Dayal, revolutionary, nationalist and freedom fighter, passed away at Philadelphia. |
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