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Historical Event on 5/16/1932
Hundreds die in fighting between Muslims and Hindus at Bombay.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/10/1987 | Sikh terrorists murder Punjab prison chief in Chandigarh. |
| 8/6/1962 | Peking agrees to talks with India to settle border disputes. |
| 2/1/1976 | Air Marshal Hrushikesh Moolgavkar PVSM, MVC, became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 31/Aug/1978. |
| 11/18/1974 | Telex Service started between India and Pakistan. |
| 2/11/1980 | Romesh Chandra Majumdar, great Bengali historian, passed away. |
| 9/10/1623 | Shah Jahan entered Rajputana and raided Amber crossing the Tapti. He arrived near the kingdom of Golconda and from there passed on to Orissa which was surrendered to him. |
| 9/10/1623 | Saint Francis Xavier, Jesuit priest, Spanish missionary teaching in India and Japan, was born in the Spanish kingdom of Navarre. |
| 4/8/1887 | Ramnarayan Vishwanath Pathak, famous Gujrati litterateur critic, poet and story writer, was born. |
| 5/26/1998 | S. Chandrasekar, scientist, was selected for the Niels Bohr-UNESCO gold medal. |
| 2/13/1998 | India signs two agreements with the U.N. Development Fund for a $13.75-million grant for food security and environment support. |
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