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Historical Event on 10/16/2000

Rest of India wins the Irani Trophy cricket tournament. Murali Karthik scalps nine for 70, the best figures by a bowler in 38 Irani cup matches.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/23/1999An Australian missionary, Graham Stewart Staines, and his two sons Philip and Timothy are burnt to death by miscreants near Manoharpur village in Orissa's Keonjhar district.
12/21/1788Sindhia arrested Gulam Qadir and killed him.
2/20/1968First Edition of 'Amrit Bazar Patrika' weekly was published in Bengali language.
1/1/19958th World Tamil Conference begins in Madurai.
6/5/1998Ali Sardar Jafri, Urdu writer, is presented the Jnanpeeth award for 1997.
3/27/1997Punjab men and Railway women win National volleyball league in Tiruppur.
3/21/1979The Cytology Research Centre was set up at New Delhi (renamed as the Institute of Cytology and Preventive Oncology in 1988).
6/12/1952J&K Assembly decided to terminate hereditary monarchy.
11/3/1948Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of India, delivered his maiden speech in United Nations Organisation (U.N.O.) General Assembly.
10/20/1905Mohansing Mahir, famous modern Punjabi poet, was born.