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Historical Event on 8/16/1965
Indian troops cross Kashmir line, seizes two Pakistani outposts.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/5/1999 | The indigenously-built multi-barrel rocket launcher ''Pinaka'' is successfully test-fired at Chandipur-on-sea in Orissa. |
| 6/20/1939 | Ramakant Bhikaji Desai, cricketer (effective pace bowler for India in the 60s), was born in Bombay. |
| 3/20/1782 | Colonel James Tod, author and researcher of Rajput history, was born. |
| 11/30/1909 | Gandhiji reaches South Africa. |
| 10/31/1966 | Mihir Sen swam Panama Canal in 34 hours 15 minutes. |
| 11/18/1991 | In the by-elections, Congress gets 8 Lok Sabha seats and suffers rout in UP assembly, while BJP gets absolute majority. |
| 1/23/1961 | Supreme Court rules cities & states have right to censor films. |
| 2/26/1937 | Manmohan Desai, film producer and director, was born. |
| 11/6/1985 | Sanjeev Kumar, film actor, died. |
| 1/1/1664 | Shivaji marched towards Surat. |
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