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Historical Event on 10/16/1936

35 killed in Hindu-Muslim riots at Bombay.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/1/1908Amir Elahi, right-hand batsman and right-arm leg-break bowler, born at Multan in Lahore.
10/10/1998Uzma Khan and Nitin Kirtane bag the women's and men's crowns in the national tennis championships in Delhi.
8/15/1998Golden jubilee celebrations of the Indian Independence ends.
3/23/1942Japanese forces occupy Rangoon, Andaman Islands in Indian Ocean.
11/3/1997American Consulate General in Chennai starts issuing visitor's visa with 10-year validity.
8/3/1998India's most sophisticated medium range surface-to-air missile ''Akash'' was test-fired from the interim test range at Chandipur-on-sea.
11/15/192116 Gurkha troops killed by anti-British rebels.
9/16/1932Ronald Ross, bacteriologist and member of Indian Medical Service, died in London. He had also received a Nobel Prize.
2/25/1970Mannathu Padmanabhan, great social worker and president of the Tranvancore Devasworn Board, passed away.
2/3/1905Sir Padampat Singhania, great industrialist, was born at Kanpur.