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Historical Event on 11/16/1998

Kiran More, former Indian stumper, calls it a day from first class cricket at Baroda.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/15/1958Gift Tax Act was introduced.
11/20/1981Bhaskara-II, India's second experimental remote sensing satellite, was launched by Russian launch vehicle Intercosmos. This provided experience in building and operating a remote sensing satellite system on an end-to-end basis.
6/23/2000Indian journalist Palagummi Sainath gets Amnesty International Global award for human rights journalism..
3/1/196325 Sqn, AF was formed with 04XAN-12 aircraft acquired from the erstwhile USSR. This was to supply lines to the Army in the Northern Sector encompassing J&K and Ladakh regions.
8/29/1947A conference of the Governor General and the two PMs of India and Pakistan with their military commanders to stop communal riots in the Punjab.
11/17/1948Despite the scepticism on the part of the US and British advisers concerning the feasibility of the scheme, the first half-dozen HAL-reconditioned B-24s were ready by November 1948 and, on the 17th of that month, No. 5 Squadron was formed with these heavy bombers.
9/21/1990Supreme Court refuses to stay implementation of Mandal Commission Report.
11/11/1979President N. Sanjiva Reddy declares the opening of the first International Trade Fair of India.
12/11/1998Kavi Pradeep (84), poet who received 1998 Dadasaheb Phalke award, dies in Mumbai. He was a patriotic song writer and wrote several immortal Hindi film songs.
11/19/1978Gavaskar gets twin cricket tons for India for second time.