| Date | Event Name |
| 10/16/1788 |
Maratha's crowned Shahaalam as king of Delhi. |
| 10/16/1878 |
Vallathol Narayana Menon, great freedom fighter, poet and writer, was born at Chennara village in Kerala. |
| 10/16/1896 |
Govindas Seth, hindi litterateur and politician, was born. |
| 10/16/1905 |
Bengal was partitioned by Lord Curzon on the pretext of it being too big to administer. Instead of dividing it on the basis of non-Bengali areas, the division was on the basis of Hindus and Muslims. Britishers thought that would succeed in increasing Hindu - Muslim tensions. The tremor of partition was felt throughout India and was regarded as an insult and challenge to Indian Nationalism. A movement was launched by the moderates. New method of protests 'Swadeshi and Swaraj' became the slogan of the common man and the whole of India was drawn into the national movement. |
| 10/16/1906 |
Shankar Damodar Chitale, famous author and teacher, was born in Secundarabad. |
| 10/16/1920 |
B. Sathyaji Rao, cricket Test umpire for 17 tests from 1960-79, was born in Karnataka. |
| 10/16/1922 |
M.V. Desai, social reformer and journalist, was born. |
| 10/16/1936 |
35 killed in Hindu-Muslim riots at Bombay. |
| 10/16/1942 |
Cyclone in Bay of Bengal kills some 40,000 people in south of Calcutta, India. |
| 10/16/1945 |
Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) established. |
| 10/16/1952 |
Pakistan's first Test vs India starts at Delhi. |
| 10/16/1959 |
National Council of Women's Education was inaugurated in New Delhi. |
| 10/16/1968 |
Hargovind Khorana, Indian scientist, was awarded 1968 Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology on man-made synthetic gene. |
| 10/16/1971 |
David Jude Johnson, cricketer (Karnataka fast bowler, India 1996), was born in Arasikere. |
| 10/16/1976 |
Jalgaon Radio Station started broadcasting. |
| 10/16/1978 |
Test debut of Kapil Dev, India vs Pakistan, at Faisalabad. |
| 10/16/1983 |
Harish Chandra, great Indian scientist, died. His work in a narrow branch of modern mathematics led to its developement to such an extent that it drew the attention of mathematicians all over the world. |
| 10/16/1990 |
Dr. Nelson Mandela, conferred with 'Bharat Ratna', the highest civilian honour. |
| 10/16/1990 |
Om Shivpuri, famous film and theatre artist, died. |
| 10/16/1992 |
Capt. P. K. Sahgal of Azad Hind Fauz died. During the trial at the Red Fort, he said, "Beacuse I wanted freedom for my motherland , I was ready to shed my blood for it." (15-5-97 |
| 10/16/1994 |
CIA connection to CN Annadurai alleged in book on Seshan, Jayalalitha obtains stay. |
| 10/16/1994 |
IRS P-2 successfully placed in orbit. |
| 10/16/1997 |
Queen Elizabeth visits Kalakshetra where she witnesses Bharatanatyam show and film shooting at MGR Film City, Taramani in Chennai. She also goes to Kancheepuram and Sriperumbudur (Rajiv Gandhi memorial). |
| 10/16/1999 |
A woman is elected as the Speaker of the Sikkim Assembly. |
| 10/16/1999 |
Geet Sethi bagged the Fred Davis award as the "Billiards Player of the Year 1998-99' |
| 10/16/1999 |
Indian women claimed bronze in the Asian team chess championship in Shenyang |
| 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. |
| 10/16/1999 |
Dr. Najma Heptulla, Deputy Chairperson of the Rajya Sabha, is elected president of the 138-nation Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU). |
| 10/16/2000 |
Rest of India wins the Irani Trophy cricket tournament. Murali Karthik scalps nine for 70, the best figures by a bowler in 38 Irani cup matches. |
