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Historical Event on 10/16/1936

35 killed in Hindu-Muslim riots at Bombay.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/31/1986Shri Vishwanath More, famous music director, passed away.
9/8/1993Andhra cabinet reshuffled by dropping four legislators and bringing in 16 new faces.
10/6/1997Abhijit Kunte wins Asian Junior Chess title.
9/25/1990S. S. Chauhan, one of the students who had suffered severe burns while trying to immolate himself in protest against implementation of Mandal Commission Report, died.
8/15/1947At the stroke of midnight, India is free after 163 years of British Raj. At the same time Muslims win a degree of freedom from Hindus. They have their own separate dominion Pakistan in the British Commonwealth Sect.
5/21/1999A powerful bomb explodes and another is defused on the road leading to the Imphal airport minutes before the Prime Minister landed to commence his two-day visit to the State.
10/29/1999The Anubhav Group chairman C. Natesan was arrested by the Mumbai Police on alleged charges of duping investors to the tune of Rs. 1.16 crore.
5/10/1981The first day and night cricket match of India was played at the flood-lit ground of the Wilson College Gymkhana (Bombay).
10/20/1962The first IAFunit No. 2 squadron re-equipped with the Gnat at Ambalan and No.9 squadron soon followed suit.
4/18/1978Sardar Sobha Singh, famous builder of modern New Delhi, passed away at the age of 90.