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Historical Event on 10/16/1942
Cyclone in Bay of Bengal kills some 40,000 people in south of Calcutta, India.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/13/1989 | Aubrey Menen (76), Renowned writer, passed away in Kerala. |
| 8/2/1880 | Bellary Raghava, famous actor, lawyer, social worker and dramatist, was born. |
| 3/17/1769 | To establish the business of English Mill's Cloth, East Indiian Company had imposed various restriction on weavers of Bengal to destroy the Muslim and textile industry in Bengal , which was meant to destroy the Indian cloth and 'malmal' industry. |
| 5/17/1974 | Durgadas, famous Indian journalist, passed away. |
| 10/27/1904 | Jatindra Nath Das, great revolutionary freedom fighter, was born at Bankim Behari in Calcutta. |
| 12/1/1946 | Australia compiled 645 vs India at Gabba. Bradman made 187 runs. |
| 4/9/1997 | Mumbai regains Ranji Trophy in Gwalior. |
| 10/28/1997 | Gold import placed under Open General Licence. |
| 7/2/1991 | Nanankal Krishna Pillai, famous Malyalam poet, died. |
| 4/1/1969 | India's first Atomic Energy Reactor started at Tarapore. |
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