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Historical Event on 10/16/1952

Pakistan's first Test vs India starts at Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/24/1950Dr. Rajendra Prasad became the first President of India.
12/11/1991R. G. Sardesai, veteran journalist, died.
2/22/1905Purushotamsing Bajaj, industrialist and social worker, was born at Shikarpur (Sind).
1/1/1903Sen also produced the first publicity films of India--""Jaba Kusum Hair Oil'' and ''Edward's Anti-malaria Specific''. He also filmed the celebrations of the Coronation of King Edward VII at Calcutta.
1/31/1986Shri Vishwanath More, famous music director, passed away.
7/26/1910Unrest flares up in the Deccan region of India. Demand grows for self-determination.
12/25/1991Ajit Singh expelled from the JD.
7/4/1999S. Vijayalakshmi won the National women's `A' chess championship with a round to spare in Kozhikode.
4/4/1938A. M. Chakrabarty was born in Sainthia at West Bengal. He found that under the optimum conditions of time, temperature and nutrients the Hydrocarbon-eating "qualities'' of four diffrent strains of bacteria could be transferred into one. He also showed that this super-strain of bacteria reproduces itself.
7/17/1930Lord Irwin,British Viceroy, allows Indian moderates to visit Gandhi in prison.