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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
6/1/1998Petrol price is raised by Re.1 per litre.
6/1/1998Humayun died at Delhi. Two days earlier he had slipped on the staircase of a library being constructed at the Old Fort.
12/28/1971Nanak Singh, famous novelist and poet, died at Preet Nagar.
12/23/1912Rash Behari Ghosh and Sachin Sanyal threw a bomb at Viceroy Lord Hardinge II in Delhi. He had come to Delhi on an elephant for the initiation of the new capital. The Viceroy was injured in the bomb blast.
12/9/1999BJP expels former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Kalyan Singh.
3/7/1994India and Iran sign three MoU in Tehran.
1/24/1857Calcutta University established.
11/3/1997Vice President Krishan Kant presents India's 3-point 'South's positive agenda' at G-15 meet at Kuala Lumpur to ensure a fair deal in the process of globalisation.
6/19/1901Raj Chandra Bose, Indian mathematician and statistician, was born at Hosangabad in Madhya Pradesh. He made many valuable contributions to the subject. He discovered new codes for telecommunication. In 1976, America's highest honour to a scientist came to Bose as he was elected Fellow of the US Academy of Sciences.
6/4/1955Ministry of Iron & Steel inaugurated.