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Historical Event on 11/16/1983

Kapil Dev took 9-83 vs West Indies at Ahmedabad. India still lost the game.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/22/1678Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj won the fort of Vellore.
2/27/1987UN Secretary General Javier Perez de Cuellar recieved the Jawaharlal Nehru award for International Understanding.
9/25/1999Eighth SAF Games inaugurated in Kathmandu.
6/1/1930Baba Adhav was born.
6/11/1991Forty die in rioting in Srinigar, Kashmir.
10/1/1854Postal stamp introduced in India. These lithographed stamps were of denominations of half anna and one anna. These stamps bore the Head of Queen Victoria with India at top and value at bottom. The half anna stamp was printed between May 5 to July 29 and printing of one anna stamp commenced on July 26.
3/3/1948B. S. Munje, founder of Bhosla Military School, passed away.
3/28/1956Tirumalai Ananthanpillai Sekhar, great Indian cricket pace-bowler (2 Tests 1982-83 little impact), was born in Madras.
1/18/1913Gandhiji refers in ''Indian Opinion'' the possibility of return home to India by mid-year.
4/12/1621Guru Teg Bahadur Singh, Sikh Guru, was born.