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Historical Event on 8/16/1980
Communal riots continue; death toll in Uttar Pradesh City hits 130.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/29/1994 | Gulf nations suspend Indian flights on account of plague epidemic. |
| 6/1/1996 | Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, former President of India, passed away. |
| 2/2/1953 | All India Khadi and Village Industries Board started in New Delhi. |
| 12/14/1990 | President's Rule imposed on Goa. Caretaker CM Dr. Barbosa disqualified from the membership of Assembly for defection from Congress (I) nine months ago. |
| 9/29/2000 | The Government raises the prices of petroleum products across- the-board while cutting import and excise duties on crude oil, diesel and motor spirit (petrol). |
| 1/18/1963 | Laxminarayn Sahu, litterateur, journalist and social reformer, passed away. |
| 7/12/1949 | Dutch KLM Constellation crashes near Bombay, 45 die. |
| 8/14/1968 | Pravin Kalyan Amre, cricketer (Indian batsman, century on Test debut 1992), was born in Bombay. |
| 3/23/1911 | Indranath Bandopadhyay, Bengali comedy writer and journalist, passed away. |
| 9/25/1997 | India clinches the Red & White Latif Masters International Snooker title in Karachi. |
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