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Historical Event on 10/16/1999

Geet Sethi bagged the Fred Davis award as the "Billiards Player of the Year 1998-99'

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/23/1883Darashaw Nosherwan Wadia, a pioneer in Indian Geology, was born at Surat in Gujarat.
11/15/1913Ravindranath Tagore (1861-1941), received the message that he was awarded with Noble Prize in literature for his collection of poems ""Gitanjali"" . He was the first Indian to be awarded with Nobel Prize. (13 or 15)
6/20/1916Sreemati Nathibai Damodher Thackersey (SNDT) Indian Women' s University, first women's and the fifth Indian University, was established in Pune by D.K. Karve.
5/20/1976Oil production started from Bombay High.
4/27/1993A national credit fund for women called the 'Rashtriya Mahila Kosh' set up.
9/1/1668Mumbai was handed over to East India Company by King of England.
4/30/1992Over 7 years after the gas disaster, a Bhopal court orders attachment of Carbide properties in India.
8/5/1965M. V. Sridhar, cricketer (scored 366 for Hyderabad vs Andhra Pradesh, 1994), was born.
8/28/1997Election Commission orders that no convicted person will be allowed to contest elections even if an appeal against the conviction was pending in a higher court.
9/23/1999India rejects Pakistan's proposal for an international conference on arms control.