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Historical Event on 10/16/1999

Indian women claimed bronze in the Asian team chess championship in Shenyang

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/4/1999Karnataka's Farah Khan made it three-in-a-row in the National ladies billiards championship in Delhi.
7/8/1991L.K. Advani recognised as the leader of the Opposition of BJP in the 10th Lok Sabha.
9/18/1803Second Anglo-Maratha war under Sir Arthur Wellesley resulted in a crushing defeat of the Marathas at Assaye. The British Christians captured Delhi and acquired control of large parts of India.
11/30/1986Sikhs hijack bus, killing 24 at Punjab.
10/15/2000Sachin Tendulkar becomes the highest run-getter in one-day internationals (9379 runs) during his innings of 69 in the final of the ICC cricket tournament against New Zealand
9/23/1908Ramdhari Singh Dinkar, famous Hindi poet, was born.
5/25/1954Maharshee Rajratna 'Manikrao' (Gajanan Yashwant Manik), physical expert, passed away.
6/11/1997BSE sensitive index reaches 3927.
12/9/1658Dutch troops occupy harbour city Quilon (Coilan), India.
9/16/1990Air India establishes a world record by evacuating more than 1.11 lakh people in eight weeks from Kuwait/Iraq during the Gulf War.