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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
7/13/1990Boby Talyarkhan, famous sports critic and author, died.
2/3/1925First Electric Train started its journey from Bombay V. T. (presently known as C.S.T.) to Kurla. This train was on the Central Railway, Bombay.
2/14/1807Khanderao Holkar, one of the sardars in Peshwa kingdom, passed away.
2/18/1911Under the auspices of the British Army, French pilot Henry Pequet makes the first official airmail flight from Allahabad to Naini Junction.
6/10/1946Gandhiji refused to enthuse over allied victory as it was not a ""victory of truth over false-hood"".
1/1/1851Publication of Marathi newspaper 'Gyanoday'.
11/1/1967Old Punjab, after first partition in 1947, was again seperated into two new states of Punjab and Haryana on linguistic basis, and Chandigarh became a Union Territory.
2/10/1946Gandhiji revives 'Harijan' and allied group of weekly journals.
3/13/1996Wills World Cup Cricket semi final (India vs Sri Lanka) at Calcutta abandoned due to unruly crowd behaviour. Sri Lanka enters final.
3/13/1996Mughal army defeated Rana Pratapsingh in the battle of Haldighat.