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Historical Event on 10/16/1878

Vallathol Narayana Menon, great freedom fighter, poet and writer, was born at Chennara village in Kerala.

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3/3/1891Office of Superintendent of Immigration (Treasury Dept) created.
4/20/1887Padmabhushan Jemini Roy, famous painter, was born.
8/15/1972Postal Index Number (PIN Code) of 6-digits was introduced.
5/25/1933All young Hindus aged between 12 and 25 years were forced to carry identity cards to prevent spread of terrorism.
3/31/1964Tram-way service ended in Mumbai (Bombay). This last electric tram left Bori Bunder (CST) for Dadar at 10 p.m., crowds lined the route all the way at that late hour to bid farewell to the common man's transport medium.
10/14/1956Dr. Bhimrao Ramji, Ambedkar and about two lakh scheduled caste men and women embraced Buddhism in Nagpur.
7/31/1992Thailand Airlines crashed in Himalayan Range, 113 persons died.
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3/21/1997Seven Kashmiri Pandits gunned down by militants in Sangrampura.