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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
8/25/1917The first significant step towards the Indianization of the Army was initiated when seven selected Indians, serving in the Army, were granted King's Commission in the Infantry and the Cavalry. Before the World War ended, two more Indians, who previously held temporary commissions, were granted King's Commission.
12/29/1953The States Reorganisation Commission.
5/28/1998India takes retaliatory measures against Australia for its unilateral action.
11/30/1915Venkat Apparao Gurjad, famous Telgu poet, died.
7/31/1997Election Commission agrees to grant national party status to Bahujan Samaj Party but asks it to give up its election symbol--elephant.
11/25/1987India all out for 75 vs West Indies at Delhi. Patterson took 5-24.
3/10/1993The 12-day-old caretaker ministry in Tripura led by Samir Ranjan Burman resigns.
3/9/1997Mumbai takes Wills Trophy in Mohali.
3/9/1997Saint Visoba Khechar, was the yogi-guru of the Varkari poet-saint Namdev of Maharashtra, took Samadhi.
10/9/1949The Territorial Army of India inaugurated by the Governor General.