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Historical Event on 3/16/1993

Bomb blast in a multi-storey building in Calcutta kills 70 people.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/25/1976India all out for 97 vs West Indies because five men absent hurt.
8/9/1998India moves the World Trade Organisation against the European Union reimposing anti-dumping duties on unbleached cotton gray fabric imports.
7/21/1963Kashi Vidyapeeth was given recognisation as University.
5/2/1974700 union leaders arrested in a move to avert a rail strike in New Delhi.
5/17/1996Rusi Modi, cricketer (736 runs 10 post-war Tests for India), passed away.
9/23/1908Ramdhari Singh Dinkar, famous Hindi poet, was born.
7/30/1622Tulsidas, devotee of God Rama Saint, great poet and writer of Ramayana, Hanuman chalisa and many many more, died. There are difference in dates 30/7 or 23/10/1623.
7/28/1994Sudhakarrao Naik, G. Ramanujam and O. N. Srivastava appointed Governors.
1/14/1948First issue of Marathi daily newspaper 'Loksatta' was published.
6/17/1839Lord William Bentik, governor general of India, was born.