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Historical Event on 10/16/1878

Vallathol Narayana Menon, great freedom fighter, poet and writer, was born at Chennara village in Kerala.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/26/1882Telephone line started working between Mumbai and Calcutta.
6/10/1832Edwin Arnold, English writer (Light of India), was born.
12/7/1856First Hindu widow married officially.
10/4/1977Indira Gandhi, former Prime Minister, was released off the charges of corruption.
8/7/1934Gandhi begins a fast for penance following the violent treatment of a Hindu leader by some of his followers.
8/20/1986A restructured 20-point programme announced.
7/1/1984Ravishankar Maharaj, freedom fighter and national leader of the country, died at the age of 101.
3/30/1999Services regained team title in the national boxing championship in Visakhapatnam.
9/23/1996Sitaram Kesri elected provisional president of Congress (I).
4/21/1992UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali visits New Delhi.