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Historical Event on 10/16/1999

Congress (I)-Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) combine is invited to form the Government in Maharashtra. Vilasrao Deshmukh to be sworn in as Chief Minister.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/15/1875Birsa Munda, freedom fighter and leader, was born at Ulihatu, Ranchi district, Bihar.
11/15/1875Muhammad Tughluq Shah II passed away at Sindh.
5/20/1776Malharrao Holkar, founder of Indoor, passed away.
8/5/1978Five died and 70 were injured as upper-caste Hindus clashed with untouchables in Maharashtra.
8/1/1988Air Chief Marshal Surinder Kumar Mehra PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC., became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 31/July/1991.
3/4/1997Govt. not to print Re. 1 , Rs. 2 & Rs. 5 currency notes any more, as these three denominations have been coinised.
5/17/1996Rusi Modi, cricketer (736 runs 10 post-war Tests for India), passed away.
2/13/1713Sultan Jahandar Shah was strangled to death. Farrukhsiyar captured the throne of Delhi from Jahandar Shah with the assistance of two Sayyid brothers.
10/30/1994Swaran Singh, 87, former External Affairs minister, died.
1/27/1924Sabu [Dastagir], actor (Elephant Boy, Drum), was born in India.