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Historical Event on 3/16/1999

Amarjeet Kaypee of Haryana, during an innings of 148 against Madhya Pradesh in the super-league match at Rajnandgaon, overtook Ashok Malhotra's 7,274 runs and became the highest run-getter in Ranji Trophy.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/1/1952Nationalised Airways at Safdarjung, New Delhi inaugurated by Nehru.
11/11/1958Inauguration of 'Indian', first one in Indian Explosive Ltd's factory at Gomia.
4/1/1989Shridhar Madhav Joshi (S. M. Joshi), great socialist leader, passed away.
5/2/1921Satyajeet Ray, world famous film director and a very short story writer, was born in a family of artistS. In 1989, he was awarded highest honour of France ''Legion d Honeur''.
11/18/1973Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry, passed away. She came to India in 1914.
1/17/1993LTTE commander Sadasivan Krishnakumar alias Kittu was killed in a ship blaze off Madras coast.
7/2/1961Prof M S Thacker, DG-CSIR, laid the foundation stone for the wind tunnel complex.
11/14/1969Jawaharlal Nehru University inaugurated in New Delhi.
8/7/1998The Government announces a banking and foreign exchange package for development of the information technology and software industry following the recommendations of the National Task Force.
1/1/1920P.M. Nadagouda, politician, was born at Mysore, Chitwadgi.