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Historical Event on 10/16/1990

Om Shivpuri, famous film and theatre artist, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/13/1978Sayyed Avid Husain, litterateur and Padmabhushan awardee, passed away.
12/10/1936Duke of York succeeds King Edward as King George VI.
10/16/1906Shankar Damodar Chitale, famous author and teacher, was born in Secundarabad.
11/27/1984Percy Norris, British Deputy High Commissioner in Bombay, assassinated in Bombay.
10/30/1999The Central Ministerial team led by Mr. Advani is prevented from making an on-the-spot assessment of the havoc wrecked by the super cyclone.
3/23/1942Second World War was turning against the British and they needed the help of the Indians. So Prime Minister Churhill sent a delegation under Sir Stafford Cripps (Cripps Mission) to hold talks with the Indian leaders on the future of the subcontient in UK, which could not take place because of the non-cooperation movement and they left after a fortnight. They submitted their report in April 1942 which was rejected by the Congress and Muslim League.
2/23/1997Successful test firing of the 250-km version of the Prithvi missile.
11/18/1772Madhav Rao Peshwa (the 4th peshwa ruler) died at the age of 28. Narayanrao succeeded him.
10/9/1978Asian Games begin in Bangkok.
12/14/1953Vijay Amritraj, great Indian tennis player and actor (Octopussy), was born.