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Historical Event on 10/16/1945

Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) established.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/29/1997Anand wins Frankfurt chess classic '97 title in Germany.
11/9/1999Prof. Romila Thapar, historian, is elected to the highest British academic honour.
3/18/1992Shreyanprasad Jain, famous philanthropist and industrialist, passed away.
5/9/1998Kirit Raval is appointed Solicitor-General of India.
10/31/1984Indira Gandhi, India's four-time prime minister, was gunned down by two members of her personal security guard as she walked from her home to her office in New Delhi. She died after four hours of emergency surgery. The only daughter of former Prime Minister Nehru was 66. Both of her attackers were identified as members of the Sikh religion. One was shot dead. The other was captured. Sikh extremists had threatened to kill Ms. Gandhi since she ordered the raid on their shrine in Amritsar. She had told an interviewer that she was not intimidated by the threats. 'I am not afraid,' she said. 'I am frequently attacked.'
7/26/1975Anti-government demonstrations held in Gujarat, defying the emergency law prohibiting such demonstrations.
11/21/1998India 'B' beats Sri Lanka 3-2 in the final of the Bristol Freedom Cup four-nation football tournament in Colombo.
9/14/1953Andhra Pradesh was established. Hyderabad became the capital instead of Karnul.
2/3/1977Government relaxes rules of Emergency to permit normal political activity and electioneering.
12/20/1957Satyajit Ray's 'Pather Panchali' is declared the best film at the San Francisco Film Festival.



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