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Historical Event on 10/16/1878
Vallathol Narayana Menon, great freedom fighter, poet and writer, was born at Chennara village in Kerala.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/19/1904 | Jamshedji Nasarvanji Tata, famous industrialist and father of modern technology, passed away at Nauheim, Hesse-Nassau, France. He commenced cotton mills in Bombay and Nagpur and founded the Tata Iron and Steel Company, which is one of the largest integrated steel mills in the world. |
| 8/3/1939 | Apoorva Kumar Sengupta, cricketer (1959 Test - India vs WI, without distinction), was born in Lucknow. |
| 8/3/1947 | Shetkari Kamgar Party was established at Devachi Alandi. |
| 5/17/1993 | Visiting Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres signs an MOU with his Indian counterpart to end nearly 4 decades of inactivity in bilateral relation. |
| 2/10/1992 | Andaman and Nicobar Islands opened for foreign travellers. |
| 11/19/1998 | Shruti Khanna won her Maiden title on Indian soil in the Northern India Ladies Championship at the Delhi Golf Course. |
| 1/6/1981 | Indian Ocean bed on their research ship Gavesani of the National Institute succeeded from the depth of 4,300 metres. |
| 10/22/1999 | The Prime Minister warns of more 'hard decisions'. |
| 9/7/1996 | Ajit Singh quits Congress and heads Tikait's party. |
| 11/9/1960 | Subroto Mukherji, first Air Chief Marshall of Indian Air Force, suddenly died. |
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