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Historical Event on 10/16/1999

Geet Sethi bagged the Fred Davis award as the "Billiards Player of the Year 1998-99'

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/13/1996Lok Pal Bill introduced in Lok Sabha.
11/16/1913Agnihotri Ambadas Shankar, journalist and litterateur, was born.
12/8/1875Tej Bahadur Sapru, great leader, was born.
6/11/1931Purushottam Vishnu Behre, great editor, story and novel writer, was born.
4/29/1957The National Civil Defence College was founded at Nagpur as the Central Emergency Relief Training Institute (CERTI). It functions as the training wing of the Emergency Relief Organisation of the Government of India.
12/1/1993Nirubhai Desai, freedom fighter, veteran journalist and socialist, passed away.
5/19/1992Arjuna award for Tennis star Leander Paes and Hockey champion Jagbir Singh.
3/28/1978Nafisa Joseph, Miss India Universe (1997), was born.
6/1/1790A treaty was signed between Marathas, Britishers and Nizam.
8/21/1990Prasar Bharati Bill moved in the Lok Sabha .