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Historical Event on 10/16/1999
Geet Sethi bagged the Fred Davis award as the "Billiards Player of the Year 1998-99'
Other Historical Dates and Events |
12/26/1917 | Prabhakar Machve, famous Hindi and Marathi litterateur, was born. |
12/20/1686 | After clashes with Mughal soldiers, Jaub Chaarnak left Hoogly and settled in Sutnati. |
4/11/1992 | Marathi cinema's Bhaichandra Govind Pendharkar gets Phalke Award. |
8/17/1958 | Sir John Hubert Marshal, excavator of Mohan-Jo-Daro and Takshashila, died. |
2/19/1855 | U. V. Swaminathan Iyyer, mahamahopadhyay Tamil author, was born. |
3/16/1966 | Judge Amal Kumar Sarkar became the Chief Justice of India. He held this office till 29/06/1966. |
7/17/2000 | 55 persons die as a Boeing 737 of Alliance Air from Calcutta to Delhi via Patna and Lucknow crashes at Gardanibagh, one km from the runway at the Patna airport. |
3/28/1994 | G-15 summit opens with only six heads of Government in New Delhi. |
4/18/1991 | Kerala declared the first fully literate state in the country. |
12/31/1961 | 99 Infantry Brigade Group, under Brigadier K S Raja, launched operations in Katanga province and regained full control of Katanga amidst stiff resistance offered by a break away faction (Katangese gendarmerie). |
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