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Historical Event on 2/16/1997
Tribal militants kill 21 persons in Tripura.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/4/1936 | Indian Government Act was approved by the king. |
| 3/30/1945 | Dr. J. J. Rawal, joint director of Nehru Planetarium of Mumbai, was born. |
| 9/5/1990 | Rajya Sabha approves the Prasar Bharati Bill rejecting by voice vote three motions moved by the Congress(I) to refer the Bill to a joint select committee. |
| 5/15/1996 | The 11th Lok Sabha constituted as Election Commission submits a list of 534 successful candidates to President. |
| 10/9/1877 | Utkalmani Pandit Gopabandhu Das, great freedom fighter, social reformer, educationist, poet, author, lawyer of modern Orrisa, was born in Puri District, Orissa. |
| 11/22/1971 | Indian and Pakistan governments protested violations of national airspace along the western border, but aerial conflict between the respective air arms began, preceding full-scale warfare between India and Pakistan by 12 days. |
| 3/15/1997 | Lok Sabha passes Income Tax (Amendment) Bill, 1997. |
| 8/8/2000 | The Government appoints Air Marshal P. Rajkumar to head the court of enquiry to probe the Alliance Air crash near Patna. |
| 10/19/1920 | Prakashchandra Sethi, former central minister, was born. |
| 5/30/1895 | Pandurang Sakharam Pisurlekar, great historian in Goa, was born. |
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