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Historical Event on 12/16/1997

Mamata Banerjee, Congress(I) rebel, declares that she would seek recognition and separate symbol for her ""Trinamul Congress'' and contest elections on her own.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/15/1993India regains ""Rubber"" after 6 years by beating England by an innings and 70 runs at Madras.
3/9/1993AIADMK severs alliance with the Congress in Tamil Nadu.
12/3/19843,000 people died and more than 50,000 people were badly affected when they inhaled poisonous toxic gas emission from the Union Carbide plant. This event is better known as ""the Bhopal Gas Tragedy"", the biggest industrial disaster that occured in India.
6/13/1999The Indian army secures the strategic Tololing peak in the Dras sector.
5/30/1952S.C.Mathur was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 01-07-1955.
2/8/1994Gopalrao Deuskar, internationally famed painter, passed away.
10/15/1996Dengue fever in Delhi takes 156 lives.
4/30/1843Ramchandra Bhikaji Gunjikar, marathi novelist and editor, was born.
9/2/1970Parliament abolishes the privileges of 279 maharajahs in New Delhi.
1/18/1997Pulse Polio Immunisation Programme Phase II begins.