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Historical Event on 3/16/1986

Internationally wanted criminal Charles Sobharaj and 6 other prisoners escape from Tihar Jail.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/24/1989A majority of opposition members in the Lok Sabha resign on the issue of CAG report on the Bofors gun deal.
12/27/1977The Congress party splits into two factions, one supporting and one opposing Indira Gandhi.
5/28/1965Fire and explosion at Dhori mine in Dhanbad, India kills 400.
6/3/1977K. Brahmananda Reddi elected President of the Indian National Congress.
12/16/2000Kalyan Banerjee becomes the first Indian to head the Rotary Foundation, one of the richest bodies of the Rotary International.
7/12/1960Ranchi University was established.
7/12/1994Vasant (V. P. Sathe), film critic, journalist, publisher and author, passed away.
10/10/1937Anant Bhave, famous Marathi litterateur and news announcer on Doordarshan, was born.
10/13/1991PM Rao leaves for Harare to attend the Commonwealth heads of government meeting.
5/12/1998Yeltsin feels let down by the Indian nuclear tests but says that Indo-Russian ties will not be hit.