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Historical Event on 2/16/1998
Delhi-Tamil Nadu Ranji Trophy super-league encounter in Chennai comes to an abrupt halt with Delhi skipper and batsman Ajay Sharma sighting boot marks short of the good length area.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/20/1602 | United East India Company of the Netherlands i.e. Dutch East India Company was chartered by States-General of Holland. During its 96-year history, it became one of the world's most powerful companies. |
| 12/10/1969 | Norman Borlaug, the Iowa-born crop expert, whose research on new strains of high-yielding rice and wheat has led to a Green Revolution in developing countries, was awarded the Nobel peace prize today. Working at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center of Mexico since 1944, Borlaug, 56, has directed a team of agronomists working on the development of new crop plant strains that have allowed Third World farmers to multiply yields dramatically. His organization has trained farm technicians from 29 countries, including India, Pakistan and Turkey, enabling them to move steadily toward the goal of self-sufficiency in food production. |
| 12/11/1998 | Poet Pradeep (Ramchandra Divedi) died at 1850 hrs today. |
| 8/1/1952 | Yajurvindra Singh Jaswant Singh, cricketer (Indian batsman four Tests 1977-79), was born in Rajkot. |
| 1/22/1963 | The National Library for the Blind, the first national institute of its kind, was set up at Dehradun. |
| 9/16/1916 | M. S. Subalaxmi, famous classical singer and Bharat Ratna awardee, was born. |
| 11/24/1999 | India finish with 10 gold, eight silver and seven bronze medals in the Commonwealth shooting championship which ended in Auckland. |
| 11/20/1942 | Attri Devi, freedom fighter, was arrested for further six months. She was earlier arrested for personal satyagraha and to hoist the national flag in Delhi Central Jail on January 26. |
| 4/22/1840 | James Princes, British research scientist and archeaologist, passed away. |
| 12/29/1968 | Chunilal Kalidas Madiya, famous Gujrathi playwright, story writer and novelist, died. |
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