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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
10/31/1920Inaugural session of the All India Trade Union Congress was conducted in Bombay.
11/14/1959Nehru rejects China's proposal for a mutual withdrawal of troops from a border buffer zone.
11/17/1915Vishnu Gopal Pingle was hanged for revolting against the Indian Army in Talegaon prison of Pune.
1/1/1989The 4th annual SAARC summit concludes in Islamabad.
12/3/1971Hostilities broke out between India and Pakistan. On the very night that hostilities commenced, with Pakistan bombing several air fields, IN Ships 'Rajput' and 'Akshay' were leaving Vishakapatnam harbour when they obtained a sonar contact. They fired several depth charges and proceeded on their mission when there was no further evidence of a submarine's presence. Thereafter, a loud explosion of rattling windows panes off the Vishakapatnam beach was heard . The Pakistani submarine 'Ghazi' (a Tench class submarine obtained from the USA in 1964) had come to grief.
6/6/1994The 20-day old Limboo Ministry in Sikkim wins vote of confidence.
1/3/1952India adopted birth control program with aid of U.N. World Health Organization.
8/17/1916Amritlal Naagar was born.
9/4/1998Mumbai Metropolitan court acquits Union Minister for Environment and Forests Suresh Prabhu in a case of cheque bouncing.
2/13/1993School collapses killing 21 pupils and 4 teachers.