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Historical Event on 7/16/1999

17 are killed and over 200 injured when the Delhi bound GT Express collides with derailed wagons of a goods train near Mathura.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/27/1923Arvind Navinchandra Mafatlal, famous industrialist, was born.
6/22/1991M. Karunanidhi, DMK President, resigned from the Assembly.
11/5/1945Case was filed against the Azad Hind Army Soldiers at Red Fort in Delhi.
8/14/1968Pravin Kalyan Amre, cricketer (Indian batsman, century on Test debut 1992), was born in Bombay.
6/6/1996Benazir Bhutto,Pakistan PM, gives green signal for opening up trade with India.
10/20/1962The first IAFunit No. 2 squadron re-equipped with the Gnat at Ambalan and No.9 squadron soon followed suit.
11/28/1998The Congress(I) wins the Assembly elections in Delhi, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh.
2/25/1999The curtains came down on the fifth National Games. Manipur won the overall championship while swimmers Nisha Millet of Karnataka and Sebastian Xavier of Kerala were adjudged the best sportswoman and sportsman respectively.
2/21/1997Sonic Multani bags National snooker title in Mumbai.
10/28/1998The 1998 Swarna Jayanti Fellowship Award is presented to 11 young scientists.