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Historical Event on 2/16/1982

Jawaharlal Nehru was staged first time in Calcutta Invitation International Gold Cup Football Tournament.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/19/19829th Asian Games started in Delhi.
10/22/1947There were bound to be difficulties in consolidating the loosely federated Indian provinces, princely states, etc. into one homogeneous whole state. Kashmir, after initial dithering, acceded to India voluntarily and by popular consent, then, was invaded by Pakistani tribesmen with the support of the Pakistani government.
9/20/1819Jose Custodio Faria (Joseph Stadio Faria), revolutionary scientist of Goa died.
3/9/1999Rabri Devi is sworn in Chief Minister of Bihar for the second time.
6/28/1995Madhya Pradesh in central India is designated a `tiger state' to protect the animal from poachers and settlers.
7/25/1992R. Venkataraman retired from the post of 8th President.
10/16/1922M.V. Desai, social reformer and journalist, was born.
10/22/1997Faced with unprecedented Presidential rebuff, a divided U.F. Government reversed decision on invoking Article 356 in Uttar Pradesh. Kalyan Singh government survived.
12/21/1956The Hindu Adoption Sub-Act 1956 was accepted.
1/5/1955Kumari Mamata Promileswar Banerjee was born in Calcutta (West Bengal).