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Historical Event on 10/16/1976

Jalgaon Radio Station started broadcasting.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/28/1947Sheikh Mohammad Abdulla invited to form an interim government in J&K.
9/4/1993New Bank of India merged with Punjab National Bank.
6/6/1903A full length theatre plays like 'Bankimchandrer Sitararn', 'Alibaba' , 'Bhramar', 'Hariraj' , 'Sarla' and 'Buddhadeb' were released at Classic Theatre. These plays were picturised by Hiralal Sen with support of great dramatist Amar Nath Dutt. The main roles were performed by Amar Dutt, N.C. Basu and Kusum Kumari and rest of the characters belonged to the Classic Theatre of Calcutta. They received a great applause from the audience.
12/15/1997Magsaysay award winning litterateur Mahasweta Devi, Sitar maestro Annapurna Devi and Rabindra Sangeet exponent Suchitra Mitra honoured with 'Desikottam' by Visva Bharati University.
12/20/1969Nihalsingh Gurumukh, former Chief Minister of Dehli and Governor of Rajasthan, died.
8/15/1997K. R. Narayanan, President, posthumously confers nation's highest peace-time gallantry award 'Ashok Chakra' to second Lieutenant Puneet Dutta.
9/12/1931Triloki Nath Madan, educationist and journalist, was born at Srinagar, Kashmir.
6/4/1932Mahendranath Gupt, follower of Ramkrishna Paramhans, passed away.
10/12/1990Government of India announces a 15\% cut in oil consumption, exempting LPG and kerosene.
6/2/1965The second of 2 cyclones in less than a month kills 35,000 (Ganges R India).