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Historical Event on 8/16/1980

Communal riots continue; death toll in Uttar Pradesh City hits 130.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/5/1997Pravin Thipsay wins the United Insurance GM chess tournament in Dhaka.
4/15/1883Narhar Raghunath Phatak, famous journalist and historian, was born.
7/12/1999India sets a deadline for intruders withdrawal from Kargil, announces suspension of air strikes.
9/7/1995Mohammed Yousef Jameel, BBC stringer and special correspondent of The Asian Age, died in a parcel bomb explosion in Srinagar.
2/15/1967Fourth General Election of Lok Sabha begins.
4/1/1996Kerala introduces ban on arrack. 5614 licenced arrack shops closed down.
5/19/1971Indian Navy's first submarine station started at 'Veer Bahu' in Visakhapatanam.
2/9/1951The first census of free India of enumeration work was started.
8/19/1907Acharya Hajariprasad Dwivedi was born.
6/26/1954Nehru, Chou En-lai pledge good-neighbor policy at New Delhi.