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Historical Event on 2/16/1997

Tribal militants kill 21 persons in Tripura.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/16/1997Kamal Hassan gets best actor award for ''Indian'' while Tabu bags best actress award for ''Maachis''.
12/8/1920A. Adivi Reddy, social reformer and educationist, was born at Chandragiri, AP.
3/20/1951Madanlal Udhouram Sharma, cricketer (Indian medium pacer in the 70's), was born in Amritsar.
10/4/1847Pratapsingh Bhosle, Maratha King, died.
12/14/1924Ranbir Raj Kapoor, famous film producer, director and actor, was born.
11/17/1921Princes of Wales came to India.
3/27/1878Britishers sent Indian soldiers to Malta considering that the Russian would attack.
6/18/1946First Satyagraha movement was started for Goa liberation from the Portuguese.
6/19/1901Raj Chandra Bose, Indian mathematician and statistician, was born at Hosangabad in Madhya Pradesh. He made many valuable contributions to the subject. He discovered new codes for telecommunication. In 1976, America's highest honour to a scientist came to Bose as he was elected Fellow of the US Academy of Sciences.
11/16/198966 out of 71 trapped miners at Raniganj rescued.