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Historical Event on 10/16/1999

Dr. Najma Heptulla, Deputy Chairperson of the Rajya Sabha, is elected president of the 138-nation Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU).

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/16/1999Zahir Al-Din Muhammad Babur Shah (1526-30), prince and founder of Mughal dynasty in India, was born.
8/4/1979Indian Airlines AVRO-748 crashes in to a hill near Bombay.
2/23/1768Nizam accepted British supremacy and Smith Col. signed peace treaty with the Nizam.
4/1/1978India's sixth Five-Year Plan commenced.
2/22/1958Maulana Abul Kalam Azad passed away in New Delhi, India. He was a great leader, great orator, revolutionary and fighter for national freedom. Some of his works which are the masterpieces of the Urdu language are ""Ghubari-Khatir"" and Tadhkirah"". He was Minister of Education in the first Indian Government.
7/1/1991Rupee devalued by 8.5\%.
4/7/1962Umrigar slams 172* vs WI at Port-of-Spain in 248 minutes.
3/1/1951NitishKumar RamLakhanSingh was born in Bakhtiarpur, Distt. Patna (Bihar).
2/12/1960Chinese army kills 12 Indian soldiers.
8/18/1997Shanvac-B, India's first genetically engineered vaccine for Hepatitis B was launched.