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Historical Event on 11/16/1998

Kiran More, former Indian stumper, calls it a day from first class cricket at Baroda.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/18/1914Cottari Subbanna Nayudu, cricketer (brother of C K, 11 Tests as leggie), was born in Nagpur.
9/11/1895Vinoba Bhave (real name Vinayak Narhari Bhave), great Gandhian Acharya, was born at Ganoda village of Maharashtra.
2/18/1823Gopal Hari Deshmukh, lokhitwadi, was born.
4/11/1964Communist Party of India was divided in two parts. Firstly known as Communist Party of India [CPI], its second fragmentation was named as Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)]. This division was on ideological differences at the international level.
2/3/1977Government relaxes rules of Emergency to permit normal political activity and electioneering.
4/10/1919Miss Mercia Sherwood, an English teacher, was assaulted by a mob in Amritsar. Brig. General. R.E.H. Dyer had given instructions to beat her.
2/14/1891Stephen Smith, greatest pioneer of air borne mail, was born at Strawberry Hill, Shillong, Assam.
10/17/1906Swami Ramtirtha, great social reformer and poet, died at the age of 33.
9/19/1991Lok Sabha passes unanimously the Places of Worship Special Provisions Bill for maintaining the status quo of religious places as on 1947.
2/25/1909Gandhiji arrested at Volksrust; sentenced to 3 months.