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Historical Event on 10/16/1976

Jalgaon Radio Station started broadcasting.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/1/1930Vinodkumar C. Gupta, leader in Maharashtra, was born.
2/14/1996Supreme Court orders CBI probe into a housing scam in which 8,700 govt. houses were allotted out-of-turn.
10/9/1999Sunil Kumar and Sai Jayalakshmy won the men's and women's titles respectively in the National Tennis championship in Delhi. Akshay Vishal Rao emerged boys' under-18 champion.
3/6/1998A Congress(I) Ministry headed by Virbhadra Singh is sworn in at Himachal Pradesh.
9/24/1726King George empowered the company to establish Municipal Corporation and Mayor s Courts in Bombay and Calcutta.
9/9/1952Kishorlal Ghanshamlal Mashruwala, great thinker and philosopher of Gandhi era, passed away.
7/25/1982Gyani Zail Singh became 7th President of India. He held the office till July 25, 1987.
7/1/1781British troops defeated Hyder Ali's progress. He was checked by Eyree Coote after the battle of Porto Novo and becamed subdued.
12/27/1975A coal-mine was exploded at Chasnala mine near Dhanbad. It was India's worst coal mine disaster.
7/12/200067 persons died in a landslide triggered by torrential rains in Ghatkopar, a Mumbai suburb.