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Historical Event on 10/16/1978

Test debut of Kapil Dev, India vs Pakistan, at Faisalabad.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/10/1902Nijalingappa Siddavanahalli, president of Indian National Congress and politician, was born at Haluvagalu (Bellary).
10/17/1999Dingko Singh won the bantam weight gold while Services' Ramanand was adjudged the best boxer in the National Boxing championship which concluded in Shimla.
8/23/1994Former prime minister Mian Nawaz Sharif said that Pakistan possessed a nuclear bomb and warned that an attack by India could start a nuclear war in Pakistan.
1/17/1987Tata Football Academy was opened in Tatanagar.
12/23/1930The British governor of Punjab was wounded in an assassination attempt.
4/11/1952Treaty between France and India, transferring the former French settlement of Chandranagar to India, is ratified by the National Assembly, Paris. It was the last formal step in completing the process of sovereignty.
3/9/1997Mumbai takes Wills Trophy in Mohali.
3/9/1997Sher Shah defeats Humayun near Buxar at Chausa and becomes emperor of Delhi.
10/21/1994Government notifies substantial increase in the ceiling on election expenses on Lok Sabha and Assembly polls.
1/10/199728th International Film Festival of India opens at Trivandrum.