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Historical Event on 10/16/1896
Govindas Seth, hindi litterateur and politician, was born.
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| 6/3/1912 | Sohrab Pirojsha Godrej, great industrialist, was born. |
| 1/10/1979 | Anand Gopal Shauri, litterateur and journalist, passed away. |
| 12/19/1927 | Uttar Pradesh was formed by an Automobile Association. |
| 7/25/2000 | Two Indians Aruna Roy from Rajasthan and Jockin Arputham, founder of the Indian National Slum Dwellers' Association, chosen for the Ramon Magsaysay award for public service. |
| 2/10/1803 | Jagannath Sunkerseth, great social worker, education lover and one of the sculptors of modern Mumbai, was born. |
| 7/12/1980 | Congress (I) gets absolute majority in Rajya Sabha. |
| 11/1/1948 | An Indian brigade group supported by the 7th Cavalry (Stuart tanks) broke through the Great Himalayan Range at Zojila to drive out the invaders from Ladakh district. At approximately 3,500 metres, this was the highest point in the history of warfare that tanks had operated. |
| 4/12/1799 | The Church Missionary Society was organized in London under the original name of the Society for Missions in Africa and the East. This Anglican missions agency currently works in fields located in Africa, Ceylon, India, Pakistan, Iran and Palestine. |
| 4/6/1985 | Bombay beat Delhi by 90 runs to win the Ranji Trophy final. |
| 12/4/1888 | Romesh Chandra Majumdar, great Bengali historian, was born. |
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