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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
4/3/1857Queen Victoria declared as Queen of India also.
3/3/1707Shehejade Muajjam declared himself as the successor of Aurangzeb and renamed himself Bahadurshah First.
10/20/198121-month-old Left United Front Ministry led by E. K. Nayanar resigns in Kerala.
11/14/1998Prominent Indian Government and private entities are targeted in the Clinton Administration Entities List. American Companies are barred from trading with the listed companies.
10/14/1998Prof. Amartya Sen was awarded the 1998 Nobel Prize for Economics. He became the sixth Indian, by birth or citizenship, to win a Nobel.
5/6/1967Dr. Zakir Hussain elected President.
6/29/1976Sandhya Chib, Miss India-Universe (1996), was born.
10/3/1988Lebanese kidnappers release Mithileshwar Singh after 30 months of being held captive.
3/27/199740 more inducted in UP cabinet, raising strength to 45.
2/8/1959The Report of the Committee of Parliament constituted under Article 344 (4) of the constitution was submitted to the President.