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Historical Event on 9/16/1996

First one-day international in Canada played between India and Pakistan at Toronto.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/27/1914Kalpana Dutta, great freedom fighter, was born at Chatgaon. (27th July, 1914).
5/3/1927Riots between Sikhs and Muslims in Lahore claims 14 lives and leaves 100 injured.
5/30/1895Pandurang Sakharam Pisurlekar, great historian in Goa, was born.
8/5/1921Malhi Govind, modern Sindhi novelist, was born.
10/6/1969Bruna Coutinho, Indian Soccer(Football) player, was born in Calangute, Goa. He was recognised as Indian Player of the Year in 1996.
7/28/1921The All-India Congress Party votes to boycott a forthcoming visit by the Prince of Wales and urges a boycott of imported cloth.
3/26/1972The first International Sanskrit Conference was held by President V.V Giri.
5/25/1933All young Hindus aged between 12 and 25 years were forced to carry identity cards to prevent spread of terrorism.
9/21/1945British promise India independence.
7/1/1961Kalpana Chawla, the first Indian women astronaut (STS 87), was born in Karnal.