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Historical Event on 8/16/1997

Bodo extremists kill 13 villagers in Nalbari district in Assam.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/13/1905Premnath Bazaz, famous Kashmir freedom fighter, was born.
11/24/1952Brijesh Parsuram Patel, cricketer (Indian batsman 1974-77), was born in Baroda.
8/5/1907Kashi Nath Pandey, politician and Trade Unionist, was born in Fursatpur Village.
7/29/1904Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhai Tata, president of Tata industrial group, was born in Paris, France. He was the first pilot of India to be conferred with the Bharat Ratna.
3/28/1978Nafisa Joseph, Miss India Universe (1997), was born.
7/20/1954Armistice for Indo-China signed.
1/28/2000Indian junior cricket team wins the Youth cricket World Cup.
10/5/1957Nehru becomes the first recipient of the key of Hiroshima Peace City.
9/11/1993Former Andhra CM Rama Rao, 71, weds 44-year-old college lecturer Lakshmi Sivaparvathi.
9/24/1992India's Leander Paes defeats Britain's Jeremy Bates in the Davis Cup tie in New Delhi.