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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 |
| 8/3/1939 | Apoorva Kumar Sengupta, cricketer (1959 Test - India vs WI, without distinction), was born in Lucknow. |
| 11/22/1928 | British King George confined to bed with congested lung; Queen to take over duties. |
| 11/19/1978 | Gavaskar gets twin cricket tons for India for second time. |
| 4/13/1984 | Kerala Government drops Silent Valley Project and declares the entire area a national park. |
| 4/13/1984 | Vasco De Gama, Portuguese navigator who discovered India, died in Cochin. |
| 3/25/1911 | L. D. Swamikannu publishes ""Manual of Indian Chronology"" in Bombay. |
| 1/21/1997 | First group of bank documents relating to Bofors case handed over to Indian Government. |
| 1/8/1908 | Gandhiji asks the Government for suspension of Registration Act, offers voluntary registration. |
| 8/15/1993 | Five more Doordarshan channels launched. |
| 2/2/1970 | Bertrand Rusell, great philosopher, mathematician, author and chairmain of the Indian League, died at Merioneth, North Wales at the age of 98. |
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