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Historical Event on 9/16/1996

First one-day international in Canada played between India and Pakistan at Toronto.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/16/1853The first Railway Train on Indian sub-continent ran over a streach of 21 miles i.e. 35 kms from Bombay to Thane. In the inauguration ceremony, 14 railway carriages carrying about 400 guests left Bori Bunder (presently C.S.T.) at 3.30 pm, amidst the loud applause of a vast multitude and to the salute of 21 guns.
2/18/1918Gopal Krishna Adig, modern Kannad poet, was born.
10/2/1998Santanu Deb Barma of Tripura was chosen for Kabir Puraskar for her role in preventing violence and riots in some areas of the state in 1997.
4/21/1993India announces establishing proof in Pakistan's complicity in Bombay bomb blasts.
4/26/1992Medha Patkar arrested in Gujarat as the third Annual Goldman Environmental Prize of $ 60000 is awarded to her.
5/28/1978The kiss comes to the Hindi screen in 'Love Sublime,' and is seen as a sign of what the govt. calls greater 'creative freedom,' after Indira Gandhi's authoritarian rule at Bombay.
9/29/2000Tata Ramachandra Prasad to be the next Cabinet Secretary.
12/13/2000The Lok Sabha begins the Ayodhya-Babri Masjid debate.
7/13/1998India and Germany sign an agreement on promoting and protecting investment in Bonn.
1/26/1893Srijiva Nyayatirtha Bhattacharya, famous writer and educationist, was born Bhatpara, West Bengal.