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Historical Event on 8/16/1980
Communal riots continue; death toll in Uttar Pradesh City hits 130.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/10/1901 | Narayan Pillai Gopala Pillai, great poet and educationist, was born in Quilon, Kerala. |
| 12/9/1989 | Shyama Charan Shukla sworn in as Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh. |
| 5/1/1958 | Bell, 47 G3, the flight was upgraded to a helicopter unit with a Sqn Ldr as its Commanding Officer. |
| 10/29/1990 | Vinod Mehra, famous Hindi film actor, died. |
| 3/1/1962 | Gaya University renamed as Magadh University. |
| 3/14/1995 | Keshubai Patel (Gujarat), J.B. Patnaik (Orissa) and Manohar Joshi, the 12th (Maharashtra) CMs, elected. |
| 1/20/1997 | Indian Express launches its 18th edition from Belgaum. |
| 7/6/1927 | Prabhjot Kaur, great poet and author, was born at Langrayal (Pakistan). |
| 8/15/1921 | Amrit Rai, novelist and translater, was born . |
| 6/18/1995 | The latest deaths in northern India's hottest weather this century bring the death toll to 525 as temperatures hit 113¦F (45¦C) in New Delhi. |
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