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Historical Event on 2/16/1986

The Silver Jubilee of I.N.S.- Vikrant, India's only aircraft carrier, fails.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/28/1996Dev Kanta Baruah, first President of former Congress, passed away at New Delhi at the age of 82.
9/6/1994Prime Minister Narsimha Rao meets with his counterpart Vo Van Kiet at Hanoi. Both countries decide to boost ties.
8/5/1999The Global Peace March demands demilitarisation of the entire planet.
12/23/2000The Centre gives a green signal to West Bengal Government's proposal to rename Calcutta as ''Kolkata''.
6/9/1991A question paper was leaked due to which the Civil Services preliminary examination was cancelled.
7/3/1936Jahangir Khan kills a sparrow while cricket bowling during Cambridge U vs MCC match.
4/16/1930Rioting continues in India as British police fire on mob of 10,000.
6/10/1928Papan Ramchand Panjabi, cricket test umpire for 7 tests from 1978-81, was born in Mumbai.
3/19/1935British fire on 20,000 Muslims, killing 23.
3/29/1857Sepoy Mangal Pandey shot the first bullet of 1857 Indian mutiny in the barracks of Barrackpur near Calcutta against British Empire. This was the starting of the mutiny.