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Historical Event on 3/16/1997

The first batch of three Russian-made Sukhoi-30 combat aircraft reaches India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/6/1952Dipal Jayant Tilak, journalist and editor, was born.
8/18/1800Fort William College was established at Calcutta.
11/18/1999Sonia Gandhi pleads the President on Nalini's case.
11/6/1950King Tribhuvana of Nepal flees to India.
7/29/1987India and Sri Lanka sign peace accord at Colombo in a bid to end the 5-year old ethnic trouble. This stance taken thereafter by the LTTE added several dimensions to the scenario. It was a multi-purpose role that the Navy has been required to play.
9/17/1876Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay was born in Debanandpur village.
9/21/1962Major General I. J. Rikhye completed the task in accordance with the memorandum to UNSF, thus fulfilling the mandate of cessation of hostilities without any incident.
12/3/1884Dr. Rajendra Prasad, first President of India, was born in Jeradei village of Bihar.
2/28/1998The third and final phase of polling is held in 131 Lok Sabha constituencies in 10 States and one Union Territory.
4/22/1930Civil Disobedience at Dandi, 6th April 1930 and Civil Disobedience at Bombay, 7th April 1930, both documentary films produced by Krishna Film Co., Bombay, were prohibited by Censor Board on April 22, on the grounds that they were calculated to foster resistance to Government and to promote a breach of Law and Order.