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Historical Event on 10/16/1978

Test debut of Kapil Dev, India vs Pakistan, at Faisalabad.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/7/1922Britain threatens crackdown in India to combat Gandhi's civil disobedience campaign.
7/24/1985Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and Sikh leader Sant Harchand Singh Longowal of Akali Dal signed a peace contract known as 'Punjab Accord' thus ending the four-year agitation in Punjab.
3/9/1996India wins India-Pakistan World Cup Quater Final cricket match in Bangalore (Wills World Cup). This was the last international match played by Javed Miandad.
7/29/1998The Pratapsingh Rane Ministry in Goa is dismissed. The Governor instals Dr. Wilfred Desouza as Chief Minister.
10/26/1952Pakistan's first Test cricket win vs India. Fazal Mahmood took 12 wkts .
6/23/1975Prannath Thapar, former Chief of Army, died.
8/15/1947Hindu-Muslim association in Calcutta.
8/30/1934Balkrishna Pandharinath Gupte ""Baloo"", cricketer (brother of Fergie, Indian leggie), was born in Bombay.
8/1/2000One hundred people of Kinnaur, Shimla and Mandi districts of HP die following flash floods in the Sutlej river.
7/5/1981Rajan Mahadevan recites 31,811 digits of ¦(pie) from memory.