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Historical Event on 2/16/1997

Tribal militants kill 21 persons in Tripura.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/22/1996Passport seekers are given an option of 10 years (Rs. 300) or 20 years (Rs. 600) period.
7/28/1914Japanese boat 'Kamagata Maru' was compelled to deport to India from Vancouver, Canada. The ship was boarded with active freedom fighters who were against the British Government.
8/23/1958Marathwada University was started.
8/28/1896Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavathar, great musician and Padma Bhushan awardee, was born at Chembai in Kerala.
7/25/1813First boat race started at Calcutta on the Hooghly river where seven sailing boats had competed.
3/24/1993Six of Memon family escape to Karachi.
12/20/1978Riots in many Indian cities in protest against Indira Gandhi's imprisonment.
7/1/1909Madanlal Dhingra, revolutionary, assassinated Sir William Curzon Wyllie, a prominent Anglo-Indian, at the Imperial Institute in London.
5/6/1944Mahatma Gandhi was released unconditionally from his last imprisonment from Aga Khan Palace at Pune.
5/22/1991Sonia unanimously elected Congress President by the Working Committee. She, however, declined the offer.