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Historical Event on 10/16/1994
CIA connection to CN Annadurai alleged in book on Seshan, Jayalalitha obtains stay.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/7/1997 | Mahesh Bhupathi becomes the first Indian to win a Grand Slam title when he and Japan's Rika Hiraki claim the mixed doubles. |
| 5/11/1919 | Troops under General Barrett inflicted a sharp reverse today on the invading Afghans at Bagh Springs. The whole of the frontier area was up in arms with tribesmen threatening Landi Khotal and martial law being proclaimed in Peshawar. It was expected however that General Barrett, well equipped with guns and airplanes, would soon control the situation. Reports had been reaching London for some time about the possibility of an Afghan incursion following the murder of the pro-British Emir Habibullah. His third son, Amanullah Khan, who took over the throne, was known to be hostile toward the government of India. |
| 4/30/1843 | Ramchandra Bhikaji Gunjikar, marathi novelist and editor, was born. |
| 11/10/1922 | S. K. Raghunath Rao, cricket test umpire for 7 tests from 1960-67, was born in Karnataka. |
| 3/25/1609 | Henry Hudson embarks on an exploration for Dutch East India Co. at Pulicat. |
| 11/3/1999 | Dr. M. S. Swaminathan, well-known agricultural scientist, is selected for the UNESCO Gandhi gold medal. |
| 2/1/1942 | 17 Indian Division's were withdrawn over vast stretches and the British evacuation in Burma was the longest in British military history. The Division was to subsequently extract terrible retribution from the Japanese Army during World War II and to destabilise the Indian Economy with forged notes of 5, 10 and 100 Rupees. |
| 1/30/1948 | Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, the spiritual leader of Indian independence, was shot and killed by a Hindu extremist. The 78-year-old Gandhi was shot at point-blank range as he was walking through a garden to a pergola, where he was to deliver his daily prayer meeting. |
| 3/13/1857 | Lord William Pit, Governer General of India (1823-28), passed away. |
| 4/18/1916 | Iyyer G. Subramaniam, Congress leader, passed away. |
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