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Historical Event on 9/16/1996

First one-day international in Canada played between India and Pakistan at Toronto.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/24/1957Kagaz Ke Phool, the first Indian black and white cinemascope film, was made.
11/14/1914Eight Language panel were started on the Rs. five denomination again. The printing colour of note was red. These languages were Urdu, Telugu, Kaithi, Tamil, Bengali, Kannada, Burmese and Gujarati.
9/27/1989Hemanta Kumar Mukherjee, noted playback singer and music director, died.
4/20/1971Air India started Boing 707 Jumbo Jet flight between Bombay and London.
6/6/1999Paes-Bhupathi bagged their maiden Grand Slam doubles crown, defeating Goran Ivanisevic and Jeff Tarango in the final.
9/22/1891Gangopadhyay Taraknath, famous novelist in Bengal, passed away.
4/7/1934Mahatma Gandhi suspended his campaign of civil disobedience in India.
4/14/1990Over 90 persons killed in an Airbus crash in Bangalore.
3/16/1924Bhupendranath Basu, great freedom fighter, President of Congress and fluent orator, passed away.
3/11/1975Battle between Marathas and Nizam at Kharda.