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Historical Event on 8/16/1980
Communal riots continue; death toll in Uttar Pradesh City hits 130.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/22/1963 | Rohini, Glider, became the first to successfully fly at Kanpur. |
| 3/6/1775 | Raghunath Rao signed treaty of Surat with British ending the first Anglo-Maratha War. |
| 2/9/1917 | Homi Talyarkhan, great politician, was born. |
| 9/1/1999 | Mr. Justice Arijit Pasayat, appointed Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court. |
| 3/15/1950 | Planning Commission Day. |
| 2/9/1989 | Sanjay Khan, actor-director, critically injured in a fire accident. |
| 8/30/1934 | Balkrishna Pandharinath Gupte ""Baloo"", cricketer (brother of Fergie, Indian leggie), was born in Bombay. |
| 2/16/1968 | Beatles George Harrison and John Lennon along with their wives fly to India for transcendental meditation study with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. |
| 6/1/1998 | Finance Minister announced the Swadeshi budget. |
| 5/18/1992 | President R. Venkataraman reaches Beijing. |
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