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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 |
| 12/15/1912 | Aspy Merwan, engineer and who became the Air Marchal of India, was born. |
| 9/4/1984 | Air Chief Marshal L. M. Katre, PVSM, AVSM and Bar, became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 01/07/1985. |
| 12/10/1886 | Ardeshir M. Irani, producer, director, exhibitor and founder of Star Films Ltd. Bombay, was born at Poona. His first film was 'Veer Abhimanyu'. |
| 7/29/1748 | Boscawen landed 25 km south of Pondicherry. |
| 8/18/1991 | 12 LTTE militants commit suicide. |
| 7/22/1997 | Bus plummets into the swollen Usri river in Giridih dist, Bihar, killing 70. |
| 11/25/1975 | Chandulal Shah, film maker, passed away. |
| 12/17/1996 | Virendrakumar Jain, famous writer, died in Mumbai. |
| 12/12/1958 | Fergie Gupte takes 9-102 with leggies vs West Indies at Kanpur. |
| 8/26/1874 | Ishwar Sharan Munshi, politician and philosopher, was born. |
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