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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
10/24/1657Kalyan and Bhiwandi came under the rule of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.
7/7/1998India wins Singer-Akai Nidahas Trophy defeating Sri Lanka by six runs in the final at Colombo. New Zealand was the third team in the fray.
1/23/1992India becomes ASEAN dialogue partner.
11/3/1933Amartya Kumar Sen, economist, was born at Santiniketan (Bangal).
7/25/1992Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma sworn in as the ninth President of India. He remain in this office from July 25, 1992 to July 25, 1997.
8/8/1923Floods on the Ganges and Jumna rivers cause loss of life in Benares, India.
6/28/1996India opens its office (based in Gaza city) in the area under the Palestinian Authority.
3/28/1914Komagata Maru sailed from Hong Kong to Vancouver with 351 Sikhs and 21 Punjabi Muslim youths under the captaincy of Sardar Gurjeet Singh as a part of 'Ghadar' Movement.
12/13/1989Kashmiri militants release the daughter of Indian Home Minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed as five of their comrades freed from prison.
4/29/1998India and Myanmar agree upon steps to ensure trans-border security, cooperation in the fight against trafficking of narcotics and implementation of mutually beneficial cross-border projects.