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Historical Event on 11/16/1997

Sandalwood smuggler Veerappan offers to surrender.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/9/1996J. Jayalalitha, Tamil Nadu CM, resigns.
4/16/1976The govt. announces its new birth-control program to curb population growth.
1/27/1999P. Krishnamurthy, former Indian wicketkeeper, died in Hyderabad following a cardiac arrest.
12/27/1998Churches and missionary schools come under attack and many were injured in a fresh outbreak of communal violence in Surat and Dangs district of Gujarat even as the Bajrang Dal and the Vishwa Hindu Parishad announce the stepping up of their stir against the alleged conversion of Hindus.
9/29/1914Japanese vessel 'Kamagata Maru' reached Baj Baj near Calcutta from Vancouver carrying Indian revolutionaries.
1/3/1952India adopted birth control program with aid of U.N. World Health Organization.
7/28/199712 persons are killed and 69 injured as New Delhi-bound Karnataka Express rams Himsagar Express at Old Faridabad station level-crossing in Haryana.
9/19/2000Karnam Malleswari adds a glorious chapter to Indian sports history at the Sydney International Convention Centre by becoming the first woman to gain an Olympic medal.
2/10/1921Mahatma Gandhi inaugurated Kashi Vidya Peeth.
12/4/1977Ajit Agarkar, promising Indian ODI all-rounder, was born.