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Historical Event on 10/16/2000

Rest of India wins the Irani Trophy cricket tournament. Murali Karthik scalps nine for 70, the best figures by a bowler in 38 Irani cup matches.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/11/1997Sadhana Mukherjee, a sex-worker from Calcutta, represents India at the first international conference on prostitution beginning in Los Angeles.
4/1/1995Open General Licence (OGL) list expanded from 43 to 75 as import of consumer goods liberalised.
5/4/1994Fourth developmental launch of ASLV. 113 kg Stretched Rohini Satellite Series (SROSS-C2) was launched by fourth developmental flight of ASLV-D4 from Sriharikota. This carried two scientific payload, a Gamma Ray Burst (GRB) experiment and a Retarding Potential Analyser (RPA). It is still in service.
6/9/1964Lal Bahadur Shastri became the second Prime Minister of India when the country was shocked of Jawaharlal Nehru's death and Indo-China war. Shastri gave the quotation ""Jai Jawan Jai Kisan"" which motivated the war-affected Indians to boost their morale. He remained in this office till he died on January 11, 1966 at Taskent. In his cabinet, Indira Gandhi served as Minister of Information and Broadcasting.
7/20/1916Habibur Rehman Ebrahim Chowdhary, cricket Test Umpire for 4 tests from 1959-64, was born at Mumbai.
8/28/1928Mambillikalathil Govind Kumar Menon, noted physicist and scientific advisor to the Prime Minister, was born at Mangalore in Karnataka.
12/15/1974Rasulatbai, veteran classical music expert, died.
12/1/1928The first talkie filmshow, named as 'British Talkies' , was released on December 1, 1928, at Globe Theatres, Calcutta.
4/8/1993CBI extensively raided VHP offices; BJP MP Brijbhushan Saren Singh among five arrested.
9/30/2000Gen. S. Padmanabhan takes over as the new Chief of the Army Staff from Gen. V. P. Malik.