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Historical Event on 10/16/1999

A woman is elected as the Speaker of the Sikkim Assembly.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/28/1688Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb demolishes all temples (around 1,000) in Mathura. (During their reign, Muslim rulers had destroyed roughly 60,000 Hindu temples throughout India, constructing mosques on 3,000 sites).
6/22/1993JPC draft report raps B. Shankaranand and censures Manmohan Singh.
1/31/2000All seven accused in the Jain hawala case discharged.
8/10/1758Marathas won the Atak.
8/20/1991Indian Oil Executive Director K. Doraiswamy released after 52 days of being in the custody of Kashmir ultras.
9/11/1999India's Sachin Ratti won the men's singles title in the New Zealand International Badminton championship, defeating top seed and world No. 23 Rio Suryana of Australia in the final.
9/4/1952India returns Peking's famine-relief aid, saying it had political strings attached.
8/15/1997K.Sasikaran gets third IM norm in British Open Chess tournament.
8/20/1988Earthquake measuring 6.5 on Richter Scale strikes India and Nepal. Thousands killed.
12/19/1961Goa was liberated after Portuguese surrendered to the Indian troops.