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Historical Event on 9/16/1997
General Manager of Tata Tea remanded to judicial custody on charges of abetting and aiding ULFA.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/2/1959 | Kirtivardhan Bhagwat Jha Azad, cricketer (Indian off-spin all-rounder in 7 Tests 1981-83), was born in Purnea, Bihar. |
| 5/26/1906 | Benjamin Peary Pal, internationally famous scientist of Indian agriculture, was born at Mukundpur, Punjab. In 1929, he went to Cambridge to do research on wheat and he returned to Burma with a Ph.D. five years later. In 1933, he got a research job with what is now known as the Indian Agricultural Research Institute in New Delhi. In 1965, Pal became Director General of the newly founded Indian Council of Agricultural Research in New Delhi. He has written several books on roses, the most popular being ""The Rose in India"". |
| 12/31/1988 | Treaty signed between India and Pakistan for not to target nuclear sites of each other. |
| 9/1/1928 | Arun Kumar Seal, educationist, was born at Vishnupur. |
| 12/25/1889 | Pandurangi Kodanda Rao, journalist, Hindi writer and social worker, was born in Visakhapatnam, A.P. |
| 5/6/1971 | D. Sen became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 29/03/77). |
| 4/12/1912 | Kirpal Singh Narang, social reformer and educationist, was born at Amritsar (Punjab). |
| 1/22/1973 | Swami Ramanand Tirth, politician and educationalist, passed away. |
| 5/9/1981 | Pandit Sundarlal, great revolutionary and writer of 'Bharat Mein Angreji Raj', passed away. |
| 3/28/1954 | The flight undertook its first VVIP commitment, when it carried the first Prime Minister of India, the Late Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, from Palam to Tilpat range and back to witness the 'Fire Power Demo'. It carried wide spectrum of VVIPs, including the President, the Prime Minister, renowned statesmen, Generals, Luminaries and visiting foreign dignitaries. |
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