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Historical Event on 10/16/1920

B. Sathyaji Rao, cricket Test umpire for 17 tests from 1960-79, was born in Karnataka.

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6/7/1974Mahesh Bhupathi, Tennis star, was born. He is the winner of French Open 1997 (mixed doubles) and 1999 (doubles) and Wimbledon 1999.
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12/14/1969Bishen Bedi takes 7-98 (career-best) v Australia at Calcutta.
7/5/1981Rajan Mahadevan recites 31,811 digits of ¦(pie) from memory.
2/14/1925Mohan Dhariya, politician and nature lover, was born.
1/1/1992This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Space Year"".
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3/10/1998B. B. Lyngdoh of the United Democratic Party is sworn in Chief Minister of Meghalaya. The 12-day-old Congress(I) Ministry resigned following the failure of the party nominee to be elected as Speaker.
1/30/1997Mahatma Gandhi's ashes immersed in Sangam.
7/21/1988Indian National Satellite (INSAT-1C) launched. This is operational multi-purpose communication and meteorology satellite. It served for only one and a half years. It was launched by European Ariane launch vehicle Ariane-3.