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Historical Event on 10/16/1942

Cyclone in Bay of Bengal kills some 40,000 people in south of Calcutta, India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/16/1911Pumping Station of Calcutta was commissioned at Tallah.
11/2/1889Tyagmurti Goswami Ganeshdutt, social worker, was born at Chiniot in Jhang district, Punjab.
5/7/1993Jankiraman panel's final report finds that an additional aggregate of Rs. 12,85,549 crore was transacted in banks without any documentation; it indicts 12 more banks for involving in the scam.
2/6/1990Ashok Shandilya of Railways wins National billiards crown.
11/24/1919Gandhiji presides over All-India Khilafat conference at Delhi.
2/3/1928Simon Commission comes to India under Lord Irwin, after which serious rioting started on his arrival.
3/20/1959For the first time, officials of the Indian government confirmed reports of widespread resistance to the Chinese occupying forces in Tibet. Open warfare erupted in the capital city of Lhasa.
12/31/1995K.P.S. Gill, DGP of Punjab, retires from service.
12/14/1999The Prime Minister informs the Lok Sabha that Ram Prakash Gupta has denied the remarks on temple construction.
10/23/1997Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka set deadline upto 31st October for sandalwood smuggler Veerappan to surrender.