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Historical Event on 10/16/1999
Geet Sethi bagged the Fred Davis award as the "Billiards Player of the Year 1998-99'
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/8/1906 | Prannath Thapar, former General of India, was born. |
| 1/14/1994 | Marathwada University renamed as Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University. |
| 2/27/1993 | Samir Ranjan Barman, Tripura CM, resigns. |
| 2/11/1997 | NHRC recommends to Central Government measures to prevent government servants from employing children below 14 as domestic servants. |
| 4/8/1985 | India files suit against Union Carbide in New York for Bhopal gas disaster. |
| 5/28/1883 | Vinayak Damodar Savarkar ""Veer Savarkar"", great freedom fighter, social reformer, politician and writer, was born at Bhagur village near Nasik. |
| 3/15/1920 | Ranganandhan Francis, field hockey (Olympic-gold-1948, 52, 56), was born. |
| 1/30/1991 | Union Government dismisses Karunanidhi government. President's rule imposed in Tamil Nadu. |
| 1/12/1934 | Surya Sen (Master Da), revolutionary leader of the Indian Republican Army, who attacked the armoury of Chittagong with 62 men of the Indian Republican Army, was hanged at Chittgong Jail by the Britishers. |
| 7/17/1997 | K.R. Narayanan,Vice President, wins in the Presidential election with a record margin to become the next head of state. |
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