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Historical Event on 10/16/1922
M.V. Desai, social reformer and journalist, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/28/1688 | Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb demolishes all temples (around 1,000) in Mathura. (During their reign, Muslim rulers had destroyed roughly 60,000 Hindu temples throughout India, constructing mosques on 3,000 sites). |
| 7/4/1900 | Swami Shivanand Saraswati, religious leader, was born. |
| 3/7/1956 | A gigantic steel tube plant opened in Jamshedpur. It was the first of its kind in India. |
| 4/18/1992 | Russia suspends transfer of rocket technology to India. |
| 6/22/1920 | Chandrasekhar Trimbak Sarwate, cricketer (batted in 9 Tests for India 1946-52), was born in Sangor, Vidarbha. |
| 2/6/1827 | Shyam Shastri, musician and a great artist of India, passed away at the age of 65 years. |
| 2/6/1827 | Humayun crossed the Indus and captured Lahore and ousted Sikandar Suri of Delhi throne. |
| 2/6/1996 | Supreme Court upholds election of CPI (M) leader O. Bharathan to Kerala Assembly from Edakkad (91). |
| 5/2/1907 | Riots break out in Rawalpindi and East Bengal, spreading to the Punjab. |
| 11/19/1991 | Kashinath Anant (Rambhau Joshi), famous editor, passed away. |
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