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Historical Event on 3/16/1993

Bomb blast in a multi-storey building in Calcutta kills 70 people.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/2/1917Maharshi Vinayak Ramchandra Patwardhan (Annasaheb), collegue of Lokmanya Tilak, passed away.
1/5/1998Laloo Yadav, RJD president, and BSP chief Kanshi Ram launch a seven-party ""Jan Morcha"".
2/3/1988INS Chakra was inducted in the Indian Navy when the first Soviet SSN Victor 1 class nuclear propelled submarine and India joined the maritime nuclear powers.
9/26/1932Dr. Manmohan Singh, former finance minister, economist and Governor of R.B.I., was born.
2/4/1973India's then biggest commercial ship merchant fleet 88,000 DWT super tanker ""Jawaharlal Nehru"" commenced its services for the Nation.
2/4/1973Sikh Guru Amardasji, great social worker and teacher, was born at Basare village near Amritsar district.
1/10/1980President Neelam Sanjiva Reddy invited Indira Gandhi to form Government.
7/28/1921Congress decided to boycott the visit of Prince of Wales in India.
11/10/1991South Africa's first cricket One-day international since 1970 vs India.
10/6/1974Vengalil Krishnan Krishna Menon, great freedom fighter, barrister, leader, politician, nationalist and member of the Lok Sabha, passed away. He resigned as the defence minister soon after the Chinese aggression.