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Historical Event on 7/16/1999

17 are killed and over 200 injured when the Delhi bound GT Express collides with derailed wagons of a goods train near Mathura.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/8/1998Indian Airlines operates two international flights with all women crew.
12/3/1971Third Pakistani aggression begins with air attacks on airports in the western sector; emergency declared.
12/28/1990Following the war threat as the January 15 deadline set by UN for Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait approaches, GOI advise Indians in Gulf to send back their families to India.
4/13/1993Lalitadevi Shastri passed away.
7/12/1947Pochiah Krishnamurthy, great Indian cricket wicket-keeper (1971 WI tour), was born in Hyderabad.
3/30/1992Satyajit Ray received the honorary Oscar award..
5/22/1940Erapalli Anantrao Srinivasarao Prasanna, cricketer (one of India's big four spinners, Right-arm Off-break Bowler), was born at Bangalore. He is also the receipent of Arjun Award (1968) and Padmashree (1970).
2/7/1931Shila Kaul, the chief minister of New Delhi, was born.
10/26/1930Gulal Bai Parekar, a14-year-old girl led a 13-girls team to hoist the national flag at Esplanade Park. A police sargeant tried to snach the flag and then kidnapped her.
8/13/1795Ahilyabai Holkar passed away at the age of 70.