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Historical Event on 10/16/2000

Rest of India wins the Irani Trophy cricket tournament. Murali Karthik scalps nine for 70, the best figures by a bowler in 38 Irani cup matches.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/15/1994SROSS-C2, Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-P2), which carried remote sensing payload, was placed in orbit. It was the second developmental launch of PSLV.
9/26/1992Indian Airlines hike fare by 9 percent.
8/11/1993Brahmaprakash Chaudhary, first Chief Minister of Delhi and former central minister, died.
12/20/1948Ladha Ramji, brother of Amar Singh and played his only Test vs Eng in 1933-34, died at Rajkot.
3/25/1931Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi matyred in Hindu-Muslim riot at Kanpur. He was also the Editor of weekly 'Pratap'.
5/6/199712 persons killed and eight seriously injured in two blasts in east Delhi.
7/15/1992Lucknow High Court stays any construction activity near the disputed temple in Ayodhya.
11/15/2000Congress(I) gives a thumping mandate to Sonia Gandhi.
1/29/1976Parliamenentary Committee on official language constituted. The Committee has since then submitted six parts of its report and Presidential orders have been issued on first five parts of it. The sixth part is in print.
10/2/1986Rajiv Gandhi survives assassination attempt made by Sikh extremists at Raj Ghat.