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Historical Event on 10/16/1978
Test debut of Kapil Dev, India vs Pakistan, at Faisalabad.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/1/1972 | Indian states abolished the previous rulers of Privy purses and privileges. |
| 12/3/1889 | Khudiram Bose, famous revolutionary and freedom fighter of Muzaffarpur Bomb Case, was born at Habibpur village, West Bengal. |
| 10/14/1940 | Cliff Richards [Harry Webb], rock vocalist, was born in Lucknow, India. |
| 8/18/1990 | Pandit Narayan Chaturvedi, senior Hindi litterateur, died. |
| 10/22/1908 | John Sutton, actor (Tower of London, Return of Fly), was born in Rawalpindi, India. |
| 4/19/1993 | Sanjay Dutt, film star, was held under TADA for possessing an AK-56 rifle. |
| 5/11/1999 | Centre removes the West Bengal Governor A. R. Kidwai. The Arunachal Pradesh Governor Mata Prasad had also been asked to step down. |
| 5/26/1998 | Prof. Jagdish Bhagwati, economist, was awarded the 1998 Freedom Prize of the Max Schmidmeiny Foundation. |
| 4/10/1901 | Amiya Chakravarty, educationist, was born at Serampore in West Bengal. |
| 10/6/1808 | Ardaseer Cursetjee Wadia, professor, pioneer, innovator, chief engineer and Inspector of Machinery at the Steam Factory at Bombay and one of the dignitaries, was born. |
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