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Historical Event on 4/16/1997

Anupama Gokhale wins National women's `A' chess in Calcutta.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/1/1985Doordarshan starts Malayalam telecast from Trivandrum.
12/9/1993Virbhadra Singh sworn in as Congress CM of Himachal Pradesh.
3/25/1898Dalpatrai (Dalpatram Dahyabhai Trawadi), modern Gujrati poet, passed away.
4/9/1756Ali Bardi Khan of Bengal passed away in Murshidabad. His youngest daughter's son Siraj-ud-Daulah was crowned as King of Bengal when he was merely 20 years old after the death of King Tartar.
6/18/1940Forward Block Party was established.
1/24/1994India sends six proposals to Pakistan to resolve bilateral problems.
5/25/1993Kazakhstan offers Baikonur facilities to India.
12/12/1971The first aerial victory was when MiG-21FLs of No. 47 Squadron shot down a PAF F-104 over the Gulf of Kutch and this was followed by three more victories in quick succession on 17 December, when MiG-21FLs of No. 29 Squadron escorting HF-24 Maruts, shot down intercepting F-104s near Uttarlai in the Rajasthan desert in gun-missile encounters, while a third F-104, on an intruding mission, was shot down by another MiG 21FL of No.29 Squadron.
7/6/1999Sub. Jata Shankar secured 'Silver' medal in 400 Mtr race at the International circuit Athletic Meet held at Trivendrum.
8/25/2000Veerappan seeks release of 121 prisoners, including 51 booked under TADA at the Mysore prison and compensation to victims of STF excessesÂ