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Historical Event on 10/16/1978

Test debut of Kapil Dev, India vs Pakistan, at Faisalabad.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/16/1974Dr. Sarvapalli Radhanakrishnan, former President of India, Philosophist and litterateur, passed away.
2/24/1995A full Bench comprising Chief Justice M.M. Pareed Pillai, TV Ramakrishna and P. Shanmugam of the Kerala High Court quashed the words ""incestuous adultery"", ""adultery coupled with cruelty"" and ""adultery coupled with desertion"" contained in Section 10 of Indian (Christian) Divorce Act.
7/20/1986India withdraws from Edinburgh Commonwealth Games.
10/24/2000Hyrunnisa, suspected to be the key accused in the Kollam liquor tragedy, nabbed along with her husband and a worker in her shop in Guruvayur.
1/27/1989M. Karunanidhi sworn in as DMK CM in Tamil Nadu.
9/26/1999Six selected for Shanti Swaroop award for Science.
3/20/1782Colonel James Tod, author and researcher of Rajput history, was born.
7/2/1941Muhammad Baqa Jilani, one Test for India, 0-55, died at the age of 29.
8/6/1920Star Films Ltd., Bombay, was founded by Ardeshir M. lrani and Bhogilal K. M. Dave.
10/28/1998The 1997 B.C. Roy National Award was presented to 18 medical experts.