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Historical Event on 8/16/1997

Bodo extremists kill 13 villagers in Nalbari district in Assam.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/8/1943Subhashchandra Bose started his journey to Japan from Kiel along with his secretary Major Abid Hassan in a submarine.
12/25/1964Indian Ocean hurricane kills 4,000 in Ceylon, 3,000 in Indian province of Madras.
11/21/1994Dr. Malcom Adiseshiah, 84, noted economist and educationist, died.
7/3/1948H. M. S. Auchils was taken over by Indian Navy.
11/27/2000Supreme Court grants bail to four AIADMK men accused in the 2nd February Dharmapuri bus burning incident.
6/17/1991Congress and its allies secure absolute majority in Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Haryana Assemblies.
8/1/1916Mrs. Annie Besant in cooperation with Bal Gangadhar Tilak started the Home Rule League Movement with Dadabhai Naoroji as its President.
6/15/1969Dr. Darashaw Nosherwan Wadia, great pioneer in Indian Geology and professor in development of geo-scientific research in the country, passed away at New Delhi at the age of 86.
2/2/1996Gold price zooms to all-time record high of Rs. 5600 per 10 grams.
10/23/1985Rajiv Gandhi went to New York for the 40th anniversary of the UN.