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Historical Event on 10/16/1788

Maratha's crowned Shahaalam as king of Delhi.

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4/6/1664Abraham Shipmen died without taking charge of Bombay Islands from Portuguese.
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3/16/1998Sonia Gandhi is elected chairperson of the Congress(I) Parliamentary Party.
9/16/1955Leopold C. M. S. Amery, British minister of Colonies (India), died at the age of 81.
5/5/1929Curfew was imposed in a bid to quell Hindu-Muslim riots that had claimed 21 lives in Bombay.
12/17/1971Ceasefire between India & Pakistan in Kashmir and end of Indo-Pak war.
7/25/1992Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma sworn in as the ninth President of India. He remain in this office from July 25, 1992 to July 25, 1997.