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Historical Event on 10/16/1788
Maratha's crowned Shahaalam as king of Delhi.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/21/1938 | Prof. Raghuveer Singh Rathore, Cricket Test umpire for one test in 1990-91, was born in Rajasthan. |
| 4/23/1992 | Satyajit Ray, internationally famous Indian film producer-director, Bharat Ratna Awardee, passed away at the age of 70. |
| 12/24/1902 | Shashi Mukhi of Classic Theatre, Calcutta, was the first Indian to record on gramophone. This song was on 25 cms. one sided disc and the lyrics were ""Kanha Jeevan Dhan"" from the play Shri Krishna. The song was recorded by Gramophome and Typewriter Company. |
| 5/2/1908 | Police in Calcutta discover a cache of explosives for use in alleged anarchist plot. |
| 5/23/1923 | Nirode Ranjan Chowdhury, Indian cricket pace bowler (1949-52), was born in Calcutta. |
| 10/27/1997 | UP ministry expanded by inducting 70 new members thus taking the total number of a record 93 members. |
| 3/21/1836 | National Library was established. |
| 7/2/1941 | Muhammad Baqa Jilani, one Test for India, 0-55, died at the age of 29. |
| 11/1/1932 | Anadi Sankar Gupta, great educationist, was born at Goila, Bangladesh. |
| 11/16/1883 | Pandit Baburao Vishnu Paradkar, eminent Hindi editor and journalist, was born at Varanasi. |
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