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Historical Event on 11/16/1998
Kiran More, former Indian stumper, calls it a day from first class cricket at Baroda.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/1/1965 | Pakistan launched Operation 'Grand Slam' in Chhamb sector aimed at Akhnoor in Jammu. Indians had battled Pakistanis in air and on ground at Kashmir. |
| 3/29/1963 | Siyaramsharan Gupt, great autor of Hindi language, died. |
| 6/1/1998 | Finance Minister announced the Swadeshi budget. |
| 8/25/1997 | Cabinet approved the draft of the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) which was to replace the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act (FERA). |
| 12/23/1913 | Gondhavalekar Maharaj, famous saint, died. |
| 5/17/1897 | Dhirendra Varma, famous linguist, was born. |
| 1/31/1931 | Gangadhar Mahambre, famous Mmarathi writer, was born. |
| 6/23/1990 | Harindranath Chatopadhyay, famous poet, actor and former member of Parliament, passed away. |
| 7/10/1927 | Ganga Ram, great social reformer and founder of Ganga Ram Hospital in New Delhi, died in England while functioning as an active member of the Royal Commission on Agriculture. He was against dowry and child marriages and advocated widow re-marriage and also established institutions for vocational education and education for adults. |
| 12/11/1999 | Leander Paes capped a brilliant year with his successive Challenger title, this time in Jaipur, beating Barry Cowan in the final. |
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