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Historical Event on 2/16/1998
Delhi-Tamil Nadu Ranji Trophy super-league encounter in Chennai comes to an abrupt halt with Delhi skipper and batsman Ajay Sharma sighting boot marks short of the good length area.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/28/1998 | All 26 accused, who stood trial in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, were sentenced to death. A designated Judge of the TADA court in Chennai found them guilty. |
| 2/10/1930 | Shrikant Kirloskar, director of 'Kirloskar Udyog Samuh', was born. |
| 6/23/2000 | Indian journalist Palagummi Sainath gets Amnesty International Global award for human rights journalism.. |
| 6/1/1964 | Rashid Ghulam Muhammad Patel, cricketer (Indian pace bowler, better known for Lamba incident), was born in Sabarkantha. |
| 11/20/1930 | With all the pageantry of the British Empire, a conference of Indian and British leaders had been convened in London to discuss dominion status for India. Surrounded by Maharajahs in turbans, King George V convened the round table conference in the Royal Gallery of the House of Lords. Notably absent was Mahatma Gandhi, leader of the nationalist movement. The conference saw a breakdown of the Indian caste system as Brahmins dealt with spokesmen for ""untouchable |
| 6/3/1915 | Sir' knighthood was granted to Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore by the British Government. |
| 6/26/1992 | The Tin Bigha corridor leased to Bangladesh as per the Indo-Bangladesh agreement. |
| 4/5/1990 | Mrs.Sheela Flather, an Indian national, becomes the first Asian to be nominated to the House of Lords. |
| 1/29/1870 | 'Hicleche Bengal Gazette' newspaper published in India. |
| 3/1/1930 | Coimbatarao Doraikannu Gopinath, cricketer (batted in 8 Tests for India in the 1950's), was born in Madras. |
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