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Historical Event on 2/16/1986

The Silver Jubilee of I.N.S.- Vikrant, India's only aircraft carrier, fails.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/24/1997Public holiday in connection with Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose birth centenary.
3/18/1991West Bengal opts for assembly poll.
4/22/1812Dalhousie, governor general of India, was born.
6/11/1995PM leaves for 4-day official visit to France.
4/29/1957The National Civil Defence College was founded at Nagpur as the Central Emergency Relief Training Institute (CERTI). It functions as the training wing of the Emergency Relief Organisation of the Government of India.
4/4/1997World Bank Atlas for 1997 put India as world's fifth largest economy in terms of purchasing power parity estimated around $1318 trillion.
1/22/1992Government raises Suzuki share in Maruti to 50 per cent making it the first public sector company to go private.
1/18/1998Justice M. M. Punchhi is sworn in Chief Justice of India.
4/20/1989Launching of IRBM `Agni' fails.
9/13/1984Swami Brahmanand died. He established Brahmanand Inter College (1938), Brahmanand Sanskrit Mahavidyalaya (1943) and Brahmanand Mahavidyalaya (1960). He joined the freedom movement and participated in Salt Satyagraha, Non Cooperation Movement and Quit India Movement.