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Historical Event on 4/16/1958
Raghuram Adwai Bhat, great Indian left-arm spinner 1983-84, was born at Mangalore.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/1/1993 | Jananayak Debeswar Sarmah, great freedom fighter, architect and nationalist, died at Jorhat, Assam. |
| 1/30/1785 | Sir Charles Metkaff, governor general of East India Company, was born. |
| 6/10/1832 | Edwin Arnold, English writer (Light of India), was born. |
| 7/2/1905 | Shantiswaroop Dhavan, former Governor of West Bengal, was born. |
| 11/12/2000 | Huge voter turnout for Congress Presidential poll. Seven top BSF and IAF officials die after their MI8 helicopter crashes near Lakhpat in the Rann of Kutch in Gujarat. |
| 9/19/1996 | India Development Forum pledges $7b. to India. |
| 7/28/1994 | Sudhakarrao Naik, G. Ramanujam and O. N. Srivastava appointed Governors. |
| 12/13/2000 | The Lok Sabha begins the Ayodhya-Babri Masjid debate. |
| 1/5/1994 | Jnanpith Award was given to U. R. Anantha Murthy (Kannada). |
| 3/27/1989 | T. N. Seshan was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 23-12-1989. |
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