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Historical Event on 10/16/1999
Dr. Najma Heptulla, Deputy Chairperson of the Rajya Sabha, is elected president of the 138-nation Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU).
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/2/2000 | The Union Information and Broadcasting Ministry clears Ms. Deepa Mehta's film ''Water'' after the director agreed to make some changes in the script. |
| 1/1/1955 | Shantiswaroop Bhatnagar, famous Indian Chemical Expert, died. |
| 2/25/1995 | Bomb attack on a train in Assam; 27 soldiers killed. |
| 2/25/1995 | ShahJahan, Mughal emperor of India, was born at Lahore. |
| 2/25/1995 | Kritiwas, writer of Ramayana in Bengali language, was born. |
| 3/28/2000 | Delhi police arrest Shoaib Ilyasi, producer of the crime serial ''India's Most Wanted'' for the death of his wife Anju on January 10. |
| 12/30/1971 | Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai, famous nuclear scientist, died. |
| 5/12/1999 | Arunachal Pradesh Governor refuses to quit. |
| 1/17/1999 | Madhya Pradesh won its maiden Wills Trophy championship, defeating Bengal in the final of the limited overs cricket championship in Calcutta. |
| 1/24/2000 | Supreme Court imposes, with immediate effect, a ban on industries in Delhi and Haryana from discharging untreated industrial effluents into the Yamuna. |
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