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Historical Event on 7/16/1997

Kamal Hassan gets best actor award for ''Indian'' while Tabu bags best actress award for ''Maachis''.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/10/2000Pete Sampras wins his 7th singles Wimbledon title and his 13th Grand Slam title overtaking Roy Emerson's 12 titles.
12/5/1657Murad proclaimed himself Emperor of India.
10/28/1992Karnataka government withdraws order allowing nine private organisations to start capitation fee for engineering colleges.
10/28/1992Sikandar Sur was compelled to surrender Mankot in Punjab.
4/11/1931Mahendranath Yeshwant Gupte, cricket test umpire for 1 test in 1984-85, was born at Mumbai.
10/2/1986Rajiv Gandhi survives assassination attempt made by Sikh extremists at Raj Ghat.
4/4/1987Agney, famous Hindi litterateur and Gyanpeeth Award winning poet, passed away.
4/4/1987Saint Gora Kumbhar, an intense devotee of the deity Vitthal at Pandharpur, took Samadhi in Ter village in Osmanabad Zilla, near Latur.
9/21/1990Supreme Court refuses to stay implementation of Mandal Commission Report.
11/13/1901War Secretary Brodrick claimed that Boers were killing natives in large numbers. He intended to withdraw troops from India to fight in S. Africa at London.