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Historical Event on 2/16/1982

Jawaharlal Nehru was staged first time in Calcutta Invitation International Gold Cup Football Tournament.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/4/1920Michael Bates, actor (Clockwork Orange, Patton), was born in Jhansi, India.
5/6/1952Dr. Rajendra Prasad re-elected the President of India ""Rashtrapati"" after the first Presidential election held under the Indian constitution.
6/28/1975As a response to anti-government demonstrations, India imposes the toughest press censorship since independence.
11/10/1922S. K. Raghunath Rao, cricket test umpire for 7 tests from 1960-67, was born in Karnataka.
10/1/1894Sudhi Ranjan Das, Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born in Calcutta.
7/12/1960Bhagalpur University was established in Bihar.
5/29/1953Ranji Nanan, cricketer (Trinidad off-spinner, 1 Test v Pakistan 1981), was born.
6/28/1975Netherlands gives independence to Dutch Guyana, which becomes Suriname; one third of Hindus (descendants of Indian plantation workers) emigrate to Netherlands for better social and economic conditions.
8/25/1994Ramdas Nayak, President of BJP Mumbai and former MLA was assassinated at Chembur, Mumbai. He was 52.
9/2/1956Collapse of a RR bridge under a train kills 120 (India).