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Historical Event on 4/16/1980

Delhi beat Bombay by 240 runs to win Ranji Trophy final.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/16/1980Babur won the first Panipat battle and entered in North India's capital Agra.
3/5/1999Geet Sethi won the 1999 World matchplay billiards championship in Midsomer Norton.
3/1/1962Gaya University renamed as Magadh University.
4/17/1923Lindsay Anderson, director (Thursday's Children), was born in Bangalore, India.
5/1/1940Marathi magzine `Digdarshan' was published.
2/20/1999Mr. Vajpayee travels to Lahore on the inaugural run of the bus between New Delhi and Lahore.
5/20/1878Bahameni Sultan Dawood Shah was assassinated.
2/12/200017 persons, including 12 police personnel, die as naxalites strike terror during the first phase of polling for the Bihar Assembly.
10/10/1990Marxist extremists set fire to a crowded train in Andhra Pradesh killing more than 60.
1/2/1994Warden's in Arambaug, India lead about a fifty hungry and bruised elephants into a forest for temporary shelter. After a week, the herd strayed from a santuary, stampeding villagers and terrorising peasants.