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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 |
| 5/11/1985 | Fifteen hundred people were arrested in Sikh violence. |
| 3/7/1987 | Sunil Gavaskar becomes the first batsman to score 10,000 test runs in cricket a match against Pakistan at Ahmedabad. |
| 10/28/1981 | Underground Metro Train Compartments were tested on trial basis at Calcutta. |
| 4/1/1947 | Gandhiji addresses Asian Relations Conference in Delhi. |
| 4/5/1993 | K. Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy, Andhra Pradesh's CM, defeats TDP's Renuka Chowdhary by 31,611 votes in the Panyam Assembly election. |
| 4/11/1999 | A.K.A. Abdul Samad (72), general secretary of IUML and State unit president, died in Chennai. |
| 4/6/1997 | Gen. Kofi Annan,UN Secretary, arrives in New Delhi for NAM conference. |
| 3/3/1990 | JD-BJP coalition government in Gujarat, Chimanbhai Patel to become CM; Sharad Pawar in Maharashtra and Bhairon Singh Shekhewat of BJP to head the BJP-JD coalition government in Rajasthan. |
| 4/15/1963 | Manoj Prabhakar, cricketer (Indian opening batsman & opening bowler), was born in Ghaziabad. |
| 2/3/1986 | Pope John Paul II meets Mother Teresa at Calcutta. |
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