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Historical Event on 10/16/1978

Test debut of Kapil Dev, India vs Pakistan, at Faisalabad.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/29/1960Pandit Balkrishna Sarma ''Navin'', famous Hindi poet of modern era, passed away.
6/25/1975President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed signed the declaration of Emergency Rule in India. Prime Minister Indira Gandhi implemented the same very next day.
7/10/1997Fijian Senate approves new Constitution that removes radical restrictions on political power of Indian community, which makes up almost half the population.
3/11/1795Battle at Kurdla India, Mahratten beat Mughals.
12/1/1985Rajiv Gandhi concludes the first official visit to Japan by an Indian Prime Minister at Tokyo.
2/16/1911Bhalchandra Gopal Bapat, newspaper editor and educationalist, was born.
9/11/1956The PM announced in the Lok Sabha the conclusion of the Netaji Inquiry Committee that Netaji did die in an air-crash.
9/11/1956The first ship of the Dutch East India Company returned from Far East.
6/22/1975National Emergency was declared and censorship introduced.
4/18/1978Sardar Sobha Singh, famous builder of modern New Delhi, passed away at the age of 90.