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Historical Event on 8/16/1980
Communal riots continue; death toll in Uttar Pradesh City hits 130.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/20/1957 | Kalinga Prize for 1957 awarded to Lord Bertrand Russell. |
| 7/30/1622 | Tulsidas, devotee of God Rama Saint, great poet and writer of Ramayana, Hanuman chalisa and many many more, died. There are difference in dates 30/7 or 23/10/1623. |
| 4/20/2000 | A full bench of the Madras High Court quashes the Tamil Nadu Government order making Tamil (or mother tongue) as the compulsory medium of instruction in all schools in the State up to Standard V. |
| 5/27/1998 | Minoo Masani, 92, co-founder of the Swatantra Party, passed away in Mumbai after a brief illness. |
| 4/6/1978 | Karnataka beat Uttar Pradesh by an innings and 193 runs to win Ranji Trophy. |
| 8/30/1993 | LPG, Petrol dealers get higher commission. |
| 11/10/1848 | Surendranath Banerji, popularly known as Rashtraguru, was born at Taltala, Calcutta. He passed his final ICS Examination in 1869 and joined in 1871, He was President of the Indian National Congress twice, in 1895 at Pune and in 1902 at Ahmedabad. |
| 12/23/1913 | Gondhavalekar Maharaj, famous saint, died. |
| 4/4/1912 | Dhundiraj Gopal Sapre, Sahityaratna and Sanskrit litterateur, was born. |
| 4/19/1994 | Rajindersing Sparo, first awardee of `Mahavir Chakra' and former Chief Minister of Punjab Major General, passed away. |
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