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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 |
| 2/1/2000 | The Centre decides to place almost all items under the automatic approval route for foreign direct investment and NRI and OCB investments. |
| 2/11/1979 | Shankarrao Narayanrao Mohite Patil `Sahakari Maharshi' passed away. |
| 3/28/1997 | India and Pakistan, represented by Salman Haider and Shamshad Ahmed, Foreign Secretaries, hold official talks on issues at New Delhi. |
| 4/15/1962 | S. S. Khera was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 18-11-1964. |
| 6/16/1893 | Karumuttu Thiagarajan Chettiar, social worker and industrialist, was born at Athikkadu Thekkur in Tamil Nadu. |
| 9/29/1907 | Labour MP James Keir Hardie accuses UK of running India 'like the Czar runs Russia' |
| 7/21/1907 | Gulam Mohamad Bakshi, former Prime Minister Jammu and Kashmir, was born. |
| 3/30/1976 | Shankar Puroshattam Mulgaonkar 'Raghuvir', famous painter, passed away. |
| 1/14/1758 | Emperor of England's charter allowed the East India Company to keep to any booty taken in war against the enemies of the king and the company. The confisticated goods, after the war, could be kept with them. |
| 6/4/1997 | Indian National Satellite (INSAT-2D), fourth satellite in INSAT-2 series, launched. This has additional capabilities such as mobile satellite service, business communication and television outreach beyond Indian boundaries. This became inoperable due to power bus anamoly since Oct. 4, 1997. It was launched by European launch vehicle, Ariane from Kourov in French Guyana. |
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