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Historical Event on 10/16/1952
Pakistan's first Test vs India starts at Delhi.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/5/1994 | Jnanpith Award for Oriya Poet Sitakant Mahapatra. |
| 10/21/1981 | Kerala under central rule. |
| 5/17/1957 | Nehru, who went to Ceylon to celebrate the 2,500th anniversary of the founding of Buddhism, calls for an end to nuclear tests. |
| 2/24/1950 | G.J.M.Gazdar, computational linguist, was born. |
| 12/19/1984 | 2,500 killed in Bhopal gas tragedy. |
| 4/5/1990 | Lok Sabha passes the Punjab Bill. |
| 2/5/1931 | Krishna Film Co., Bombay produced a 7,659 feet long 'Krishnatone Talkie Programme No. 1, which was released quite before the release of 'Alam Ara,' first talkie film of India. The Krishnatone Programme was censored at C.C. No. 9906 on February 5 and the programme contained the following: (1) Arabic Song (2) Indian Orchestra No.1 (3) Indian Orchestra No.2 (4) Indian Orchestra No.3 (5) Jal Tarang Solo (6) Hindi Song No. 1 (7) Hindi Song No.2 (8) Hindi Song No. 3 (9) Bengali Song (10) Garba No. 1 (11) Garba No. 2 (12) Gujarati Comic Song (13) Hindi Chorus Song No. 1 (14) Hindi Chorus Song No. 2 (15) Dilruba Solo (16) Violin Solo (17) Goanese Song. |
| 12/17/1970 | Judge Jayantilal Chhotalal Shah became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 21/01/1971. |
| 2/7/1981 | 61 die in circus fire in Bangalore. |
| 11/27/1993 | Splendid bowling by Anil Kumble (6 for 12) helps India to beat West Indies by 102 runs in the Hero Cup finals in Calcutta. |
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