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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 |
| 1/9/1976 | President suspends seven freedoms guaranteed by Article 19 of the Constitution. |
| 10/12/1907 | Durgaprasad Mandelia, famous merchant and industrialist, was born. |
| 5/19/1980 | T. N. Raina, former General of India, passed away. |
| 2/12/1794 | Alijabahadar Mahadaji Shinde passed away. |
| 3/1/1997 | India `A' blanks Sri Lanks 5-0 in the inaugural tennis `Tests' in Delhi. |
| 8/15/1965 | Television starts in New Delhi. |
| 6/13/2000 | Yashwant Sinha, Finance Minister, announces a one-time settlement of outstanding loans below Rs. 10 crores in a move aimed at ridding the public sector banks of Rs. 51,000 crores of bad loans. |
| 2/11/1997 | A New Delhi district consumer court holds that provision of drinking water aboard trains is a necessity and it is the duty of the railways to provide it to passengers in reserved compartments. |
| 10/15/1961 | Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala', famous Hindi poet, writer, editor, social worker and litterateur, died in Allahabad. |
| 1/12/2000 | T. S. Krishna Murthy is appointed Election Commissioner in place of G.V.G. Krishnamoorthy who retired. |
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