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Historical Event on 2/16/1982

Jawaharlal Nehru was staged first time in Calcutta Invitation International Gold Cup Football Tournament.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/24/1984First Metro Train (Underground Train) in India started between Esplanade and Bhowanipore in Calcutta city.
5/6/2000Benoy Krishna Chowdhury (89), veteran freedom fighter and prominent CPI(M) leader, died at a Government Hospital in Calcutta.
11/17/1857Sir Colin Campbell, British Army Officer, managed to supress Indian Mutiny sepoys at Lucknow.
2/28/1997The samadhi of Morarji Desai - Abhay Ghat - near Sabarmati Ashram, Ahmedabad to be converted to a national monument, this was decided on Feburary 11.
12/21/1929Indian National Congress convenes in Lahore.
12/12/1959Dwight D. Eisenhower, American President, came to India.
5/5/1972Loknathan P. S., great economist, passed away.
9/24/1992India's Leander Paes defeats Britain's Jeremy Bates in the Davis Cup tie in New Delhi.
9/24/1992Ruknud-din Firuz Shah, son of Emperor Iltutmish, was assassinated.
4/23/1795East India Company gave Warren Hastings a grant of the money and he was honourably acquitted of the charges.