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Historical Event on 10/16/1896

Govindas Seth, hindi litterateur and politician, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/11/1911Shrimati Lalitadevi, wife of second Prime Minister of India Lal Bahadur Shastri, was born.
10/1/1854Postal stamp introduced in India. These lithographed stamps were of denominations of half anna and one anna. These stamps bore the Head of Queen Victoria with India at top and value at bottom. The half anna stamp was printed between May 5 to July 29 and printing of one anna stamp commenced on July 26.
5/25/1995Parliament gives assent to Budget and passes Finance Appropriation Bill.
10/31/1984Rajiv Gandhi sworn in as Prime Minister of India by Gyani Zail Singh, President of India, at New Delhi. He held this office till December 1, 1989.
8/27/1604Guru Granth Sahib was established in the Golden Temple of Amritsar.
7/18/1908Fourteen thousand mill workers go on strike at Bombay.
1/30/1996Mob ransacks Kentucky Fried Chicken outlet in Bangalore.
7/10/1949Sunil Manohar Gavaskar, great Indian cricket player (opener, 10,122 Test runs), was born in Bombay. He has received Arjun Award (1975) and Padma Bhushan (1980).
8/3/1947Shetkari Kamgar Party was established at Devachi Alandi.
12/3/1971Indo-Pakistan war begins. On the same day National Emergency was declared by the President of India due to war between both the countries.