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Historical Event on 10/16/1978

Test debut of Kapil Dev, India vs Pakistan, at Faisalabad.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/26/1931New Delhi replaces Calcutta as capital of British-Indies.
6/28/1986Accord with Mizo National Front; Lal Denga to be the chief minister of Mizoram.
12/6/1952First Indo-Soviet Trade agreement signed.
12/20/1866Panchkadi Banerjee, famous journalist and editor, was born.
7/4/1989Capt. W. A. Sangma appointed Governor of Mizoram and A. A. Rahim Governor of Meghalaya.
12/6/1931Bengal Congress to boycott British goods.
7/23/1988Jahangir Khan, cricketer (4 Tests for India 1932-36), died.
4/13/1999D. Sripada Rao, former Speaker of the Andhra Pradesh Assembly, is shot dead by People's War Group naxalites near Annaram village in Karimnagar district.
5/12/1992Ms. Santosh Yadav (Indo-Tibetan Border Police) becomes the second Indian woman to set foot atop Mt. Everest.
8/9/1999India's Manisha Malhotra won the $10,000 ITF women's circuit tournament at Harrisonburg, Virginia for her maiden tour title.