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Historical Event on 10/16/1971
David Jude Johnson, cricketer (Karnataka fast bowler, India 1996), was born in Arasikere.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/15/1995 | Rajya Sabha approves extension of President's rule in J & K for a further period of 6 months and also passes Government resolution approving imposition of President's rule in UP. |
| 2/20/1968 | Dr Prafulla Kumar Sen and others performed the first ever heart transplantion in Asia. The operation was performed by the Indian surgeons at K.E.M. Hospital, Bombay. |
| 1/2/1754 | Robert Clive again attacked and annexed Calcutta from Nawab Siraj-ud-Daulah. |
| 4/13/1890 | Ramchandra Gopal Torne (Dadasaheb), film director, was born. |
| 12/19/1952 | Nehru announces the Government's decision for establishing an Andhra State, constituting Telugu speaking areas of the State of Madras, excluding the city. |
| 9/30/1997 | Gen. V. P. Malik takes over from Gen. Shankar Roychowdhury as Chief of Army Staff. |
| 7/3/1661 | Portugal gives Tanger & Bombay to English King Charles II. |
| 2/13/1879 | Sarojini Naidu ""Nightingale of India"", was born at Hyderabad. She was the first Governor of Uttar Pradesh. She also holds a place of pride among the women freedom fighters of India. She presided over the Kanpur session of Indian National Congress and took active part in Salt Satyagraha and represented Indian women in Round Table Conference, London, 1931. |
| 10/2/1997 | At least 50 Pakistan soldiers were killed and several injured in a retaliatory firing by Indian troops in Nowgam, Uri and Kupwara sectors. Firing had been intermittent along LoC. |
| 3/27/1977 | The government revoked the national Emergency promulgated on Dec. 3, 1971. |
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