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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.

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10/6/1999Suraj Bhan sworn in Governor of Bihar.
3/10/1985India beat Pakistan to win ""World Championship of Cricket"". Ravi Shastri is declared champion of champions and Sunil Gavaskar steps down from the captaincy.
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7/23/1904The Great Indian Peninsula Railway started First Class restaurant cars on its mail trains.
5/1/1973All non-fuel Coal Mines fields were nationalised.
12/3/1999Bhopal gas victims take out rallies to mark the 15th anniversary of the tragedy.
11/23/1990Madhavrao Ganesh (Balasaheb Dixit), founder of daily news paper ""Turun Bharat"", passed away.