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Historical Event on 3/16/1997
Saidian Shafi, correspondent, Ankhon Dekhi', TV news magazine, and his personal security officer killed by militants in Srinagar.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/4/1993 | PM surveys the quake-hit villages and sanctioned Rs. 50 crore. |
| 3/15/1941 | Gorkha Rifles Battalion Group (INDBATT) unit was raised as the 4th Battalion, the 2nd King Edward VII's own Gorkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles) by Lt Col O'de T Lovett at Deharadun. |
| 6/28/1924 | Jamshedji Framji Madan ( J. F. Madan ), founder of Madan & Co. and Parsi Theatrical Company, passed away on June 28 at Calcutta. |
| 3/24/1998 | G.M.C. Balayogi of the Telugu Desam is elected Speaker of the Lok Sabha as the candidate of the BJP-led Government. |
| 1/22/1965 | Plutonium Project (Sanyantra) was inaugurated at Trombay, Mumbai. |
| 8/1/1955 | Arun Lal, cricketer (Indian batsman in sixteen Tests 1982-89), was born in Moradabad, U.P. |
| 12/27/1987 | Vijaypal Singh sets a record for TJ in 16.79s at Trivandrum . |
| 12/11/1908 | New law suspends trial by jury and increases penalties for 'sedition.' |
| 12/21/1881 | Pundit Sunder Lal Sharma, freedom fighter and social reformer, was born at Rajim, M.P. |
| 2/27/1992 | Narasimha Rao elected Congress (I) President in the party poll held after a gap of 20 years. |
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