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Historical Event on 12/31/1966

Bishen Singh Bedi made his Test Cricket debut vs West Indies at Calcutta.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/4/1995Kakrapar nuclear power station's second unit located near Surat synchronised to the western grid after mandatory tests.
1/10/1964Battles between Muslims & Hindus in Calcutta.
7/20/1916Habibur Rehman Ebrahim Chowdhary, cricket Test Umpire for 4 tests from 1959-64, was born at Mumbai.
2/10/1921Wilhelm Conrad Von Roentgen, professor and nobel prize winner, passed away.
9/24/1999India's Krishnan Sasikiran and China's Wang Yu bagged the boys' and girl's titles respectively in the Asian Junior Chess championship in Vung Tau City, Vietnam.
2/2/1978Mahakavi G. Sankara Kurup, Malayalam poet, the first receipent of ""Gyanpeeth Puraskar (Award)"", and many other awards, passed away.
1/16/1945Kabir Bedi, famous Hindi and foreign actor (Thief of Baghdad, Terminal Entry), was born.
4/16/1930Baba Kanshi Ram, freedom fighter and social reformer, was arrested by British police.
5/17/1997Two workers belonging to Mamsapuram near Srivilliputtur ''burnt alive'' at neighbouring Edayankulam by its residents who took them hostage.
12/1/1932A round-table conference on India fails to reach an agreement at London.