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Historical Event on 2/16/1997
Tribal militants kill 21 persons in Tripura.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/24/1899 | Pandit Hiralal Shastri, great social worker, leader and first chief minister of Rajasthan state, was born at Jobner, Jaipur District. |
| 2/1/1917 | Samar Roy, cricket Test Umpire for 6 tests from 1961-70, was born in Bengal. |
| 9/1/1921 | Madhav Krishnaji Mantri, right-hand batsman and wicket-keeper, was born at Nasik, Maharashtra. He was the Indian team selector from 1964 to 1968 and was also the team manager in 1990. |
| 4/13/1889 | Balkrishna A. Pillai, litterateur and journalist, was born. |
| 11/18/1911 | Free primary school education is introduced. |
| 4/13/1919 | Jallianwala Baug massacre. The great Indian tragedy occured in Amritsar which claimed 389 lives and wounded 1,516 activitists fighting for Indian independence. Early in 1919, the Rowlatt Act (Black Act) was passed. This authorized the Government to imprison any person without any trial and conviction in a court of law. This furious act was under the guidence of cruel Brigedier General R. E. H. Dyer and his 50 men troop. Michael O' Dwyer was then the Governor of Punjab who naturally defended the action. This day is observed as Jallianwala Baug Day. |
| 2/20/1987 | Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh becomes the 23rd and 24th states of Indian Union. |
| 11/1/1956 | Madhya Pradesh State High Court was established at Jabalpur having its benches in Gwalior and Indore. |
| 7/5/1981 | Rajan Mahadevan recites 31,811 digits of ¦(pie) from memory. |
| 7/31/1938 | Khalid Anwer Ansari, social worker, was born. |
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