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Historical Event on 5/16/1932
Hundreds die in fighting between Muslims and Hindus at Bombay.
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| 1/22/1899 | Dilipkumar Roy, classical musician, was born. |
| 2/14/1901 | King Edward VII open's his first parliament. |
| 11/29/1991 | Test Cricket debut of Javagal Srinath vs Australia at Gabba. |
| 1/22/1990 | FIR registered in Bofors kickbacks case. |
| 4/23/1987 | Supreme Court in a judgement confers Hindu widows absolute ownership of property under Hindu Succession Act 1956. |
| 10/9/1963 | Saifuddin Azizuddin Kitchlew, freedom fighter, President of Punjab and the first Indian to win the Lenin Award for International Peace, died. |
| 2/17/1980 | Indira Gandhi dissolves nine state assemblies led by opposition. She imposed presidential rule in Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, U.P., Bihar, Orissa, M.P., Rajasthan, Punjab and Gujarat. |
| 3/11/1824 | US War Dept creates the Bureau of Indian Affair. |
| 1/19/1976 | C. V. Bawdekar, famous journalist, died. |
| 3/21/1995 | Lok Sabha passes Patent Bill by amending the Patent (Amendment) Act 1970. |
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