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Historical Event on 10/16/1952
Pakistan's first Test vs India starts at Delhi.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/11/1913 | Iron ropes bridge known as 'Laxman Jhula' was constructed over Ganga at Hrishikesh |
| 5/22/1940 | Erapalli Anantrao Srinivasarao Prasanna, cricketer (one of India's big four spinners, Right-arm Off-break Bowler), was born at Bangalore. He is also the receipent of Arjun Award (1968) and Padmashree (1970). |
| 2/17/1931 | Viceroy of India Lord Irvin accepted Mahatma Gandhi as leader of people and invited him at Vicregal Lodge (now known at Rashtrapati Bhavan). After the event, Winston Churchill, who later became Prime Minister of Britain, referred Gandhiji as ""the Half-Naked Fakir of India"". |
| 4/1/1954 | French settlements in India pass under Indian control. |
| 7/2/1928 | Nandkishor Bal, great Odia poet, passed away. |
| 3/1/1939 | Satish Kumar Sareen was born in Rawalpindi (now in Pakistan). He became the Air Chief Marshal. |
| 6/29/1976 | Sandhya Chib, Miss India-Universe (1996), was born. |
| 3/20/1920 | Usha Mehta, freedom fighter, was born at Satara. Her name is closely attached with freedom movement via Bombay Radio, as she and Babubhai Prasad and Vitthalbhai Zaveri founded this Radio and started motivating people of India with their telecasts. |
| 9/1/1956 | Pakistani troops infiltrated the Line of Control in Kashmir. |
| 8/20/1909 | Urmila Devi Shastri, freedom fighter, was born at Srinagar. |
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