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People born on 16 October
1896 - Seth Govind Das - was a fighter, parliamentarian and litterateur of Hindi.
1917 - Poet Lakhnavi was born. His full name was Muhammad Hassan Pasha.
1944 - Lachhu Maharaj - India's famous tabla player.
1946 - Naveen Patnaik - 14th Chief Minister of Odisha.
1948 - Hema Malini- Famous actress and dancer of Bharatnatyam.
1905 - Vinay Mohan Sharma (Pt. Shukdev Prasad Tiwari) - Famous writer and critic.
1995 - Ved Krishnamurthy - Indian female cricketer.
Died on 16 October
1938 - Prabhashankar Patni - was a prominent public worker of Gujarat.
1951 - Liaquat Ali Khan - First Prime Minister of Pakistan.
1983 - Harish Chandra Mahrotra - Great mathematician of India.
1994 - Ganesh Ghosh - Indian freedom fighter.
2020 - Balwinder Singh Bhikhiwind, a brave man who fought Sikh terrorism and awarded gallantry award for bravery, was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Tarn Taran, Punjab.
Important Occasions and Celebrations of 16 October
- Shri Naveen Patnaik Birthday.
- Scientist Shri Harishchandra Mahrotra Memorial Day.
- World Food Day / Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Foundation Day (76th).
- 37th Raising Day of National Security Guard (NSG).
- World Anesthesia Day.
- World Allergy Awareness Day (Not Confirmed).
Important Events of 16 October
1757 – The Austrian army captures Berlin, the capital of Germany.
1793 - Queen Marie Antoinette is sentenced to death after a speedy trial after the French Revolution.
1868 - Denmark announces the sale of all its rights over the Nicobar Islands to Britain.
1905 - First partition of Bengal by Lord Curzon.
1915 - Britain declares war on Bulgaria.
1939 - Germany makes its first attack on British territory during World War II.
1945 – The Food and Agriculture Organization, a subsidiary of the United Nations, was established.
1946 - 9 Nazi leaders of Germany are sentenced to death for war crimes, according to the decision of the Norenberg Court.
1951 - Liaquat Ali Khan, the first Prime Minister of Pakistan, is shot dead in Rawalpindi.
1959 - Establishment of National Council for Women's Education.
1964 - China conducts its first nuclear explosion.
1968 - Hargobind Khurana was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine.
1984 – Desmond Tutu, a South African social activist, is awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace.
1996 – During a football match in Guatemala City, Guatemala's capital, Guatemala City, 84 people are killed and more than 180 injured in a stampede due to over-capacity at the stadium.
2002 - India's Sunita Rani is stripped of her medal after failing the dopint test, winning one gold and one bronze at the 14th Asian Games.
2003 - Malayali filmmaker Adoor Gopakrishnan is given France's second highest civilian honour, 'Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters'.
2012 - Alpha-Century Bibi, a new planet outside the Solar System, was discovered.
2019 - On the occasion of World Food Day, Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan launched the Food Safety Mitra Scheme Eat Right Jacket and Eat Right Jhola.
2020 - The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, released a coin of Rs 75 to mark the 75th anniversary of the Food and Agriculture Organization.
2020 – A fire broke out in a five-storey building at Ganesh Chandra Avenue in Kolkata, killing two people, including a 12-year-old boy.
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