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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
3/27/1977N. Sanjeeva Reddy elected Speaker of the Lok Sabha.
4/14/1993The Cabinet Committee approves delicensing of car, refrigerator and leather goods industries.
1/31/1997INS Vikrant, Indian Navy's first aircraft carrier, de-commissioned.
7/16/1931C. T. Studd, 69, died. He was an English missionary, one of the 'Cambridge Seven,' who worked on the mission field in China, India and Central Africa.
5/25/1941Sagarmal Gopa, a devoted patriot and freedom fighter, was arrested in Jaisalmer. He wrote two books ""Jaisalmer Rajya ka Gunda Shasan"" and ""Raghunath Singh Ka Mukadma"" for which he was prohibited to enter in Jaisalmer.
9/18/1965Communist government threatens dire consequences on discovering Indian bases on the Chinese side of the China-Sikkim frontier in China.
10/17/1996President's rule reimposed in U.P.
5/13/1916Vasudev Mahadev Salgaonkar, great Industrialist, was born.
2/4/1976Lok Sabha's life extended by one year.
6/13/1973Sir Ram Nath Chopra, great professor of Pharmacology of National Drug Research Institute of India, passed away.