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Historical Event on 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.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/24/1954Rafi Ahmad Kidwai, Congress leader, died.
6/17/1917Mahatma Gandhi and Kasturba started living at Hriday Kunj in Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad.
12/30/1993Government gets majority when 10 members of Ajit faction of the JD merge with the Congress.
6/11/2000Assailants gun down 12 upper caste persons, including eight of a family in Bihar's Nawada district.
1/8/1906Howrah Railway Station, Calcutta, was inaugurated.
2/26/1857First Indian Revolution called the Sepoy Mutiny ends in a few months with the fall of Delhi and Lucknow which broke out in Berhampore by the 19th Bengal Infantry.
10/27/1923Arvind Navinchandra Mafatlal, famous industrialist, was born.
12/29/1965First Indian-made tank 'Vijayanta' rolled off the Avadi Heavy Vehicles factory.
4/6/1942During the second world war, for the first time Japanese air-bombers attacked India, and the mainland took place at Visakhapatnam.
9/9/1872Sarladevi Chaudharani, Bengali poet, was born.