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Historical Event on 10/16/1922
M.V. Desai, social reformer and journalist, was born.
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| 8/17/1958 | Sir John Hubert Marshal, excavator of Mohan-Jo-Daro and Takshashila, died. |
| 5/16/1911 | Pumping Station of Calcutta was commissioned at Tallah. |
| 7/1/1938 | Hariprasad Chaursia, famous flute player, was born. |
| 12/10/1936 | England replaces King Edward VIII stamp series with King George VI. |
| 1/16/1916 | Amat Debananda, politician, was born in Balani village at Orissa . |
| 9/4/1862 | Kaminikumar Chanda, social reformer and politician, was born. |
| 3/10/1998 | A. B. Vajpayee agrees to form a government with 252 members including the BJP and it's allies. |
| 3/27/1991 | Chautala recommends Assembly dissolution. |
| 11/1/1983 | Rajiv Gandhi, 48, who was chosen to succeed his assassinated mother, was sworn in as Prime Minister in New Delhi today. Across the Jamuna River, in a Sikh slum, evidence was found of the enormous political problems the new Prime Minister faced. The bodies of at least 95 Sikhs were discovered. The Indian army had also been ordered into nine other cities. Religious warfare between Sikhs and Hindus had claimed at least 1,000 lives since Indira Gandhi was assassinated. The security guards who killed her were both Sikhs. US Secretary of State George Shultz, who attended the funeral, assured the new Prime Minister of US interest in a ""strong and stable India."" US-Indian relations had been strained recently because of United States support for Pakistan. Shultz called for a ""renewed positive trend"" in re |
| 5/23/1997 | The body of controversial former chief of Tarn Taran district police Ajit Singh Sandhu is recovered from rail tracks near Bhakharpur About 30 km from Chandigarh. |
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