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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
4/18/1931Lord Willingdon took over as the Viceroy of India.
10/14/1919Raghu Karmkar, famous cinephotographer, was born.
7/11/1997Ten persons were killed as police opened fire on Dalit mob which attacked vehicles in protest against desecration of Ambedkar bust in Ramabai Ambedkar Nagar in north-east Mumbai.
4/4/1996Supreme Court rules that political parties without audited accounts cannot take advantage of an election law that exempts tax expenditure on candidates.
5/7/1907The First Electric Tramway service commenced in Bombay (Mumbai). This service was inaugurated by Municipality Chairman Vallabhdas Thakersey and Municipal Commissioner Sheppard at 5.30 p.m. This tram was well decorated and destined from Municipal Office upto Crawford Market.
2/14/2000Mr. B. Rachaiah (78), former Governor of Himachal Pradesh, Kerala and Goa, died in a hospital in Bangalore.
2/19/1818Bapu Gokhle, last General of Maratha kingdom, passed away.
11/18/2000Yashwant Sinha, Finance Minister, said there would be no cuts in Income Tax rates in the next budget, and signalled that the reforms process will continue.
5/25/1941Sagarmal Gopa, a devoted patriot and freedom fighter, was arrested in Jaisalmer. He wrote two books ""Jaisalmer Rajya ka Gunda Shasan"" and ""Raghunath Singh Ka Mukadma"" for which he was prohibited to enter in Jaisalmer.
12/20/1948Ladha Ramji, brother of Amar Singh and played his only Test vs Eng in 1933-34, died at Rajkot.