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Historical Event on 2/16/1986

The Silver Jubilee of I.N.S.- Vikrant, India's only aircraft carrier, fails.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/31/1995ISRO and Intelsat sign a $100 m 10-year-long agreement for leasing some of the capacity of the Indian-built INSAT-2E (scheduled for launch in 1997).
8/19/1996Gujarat's expelled BJP leader Shankersingh Waghela forms a new party called 'Rashtriya Janata Party'.
10/21/1996Japan gets non-permanent seat in Security Council after a contest with India.
10/28/1999Insurance Bill is introduced amid protest in the Lok Sabha.
1/3/1975Lalit Narayan Mishra, great freedom fighter, politician, leader, member of the Lok Sabha and Minister of Railways, died at a Railway Hospital in Danapur due to a bomb blast at Samastipur Railway Station a day earlier.
9/21/1933Annie Besant, great social worker and founder of Home Rule Movement, passed away.
9/5/1659Queen Saibai, wife of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, died.
4/1/1956Companies Act of 1913 was revised and Indian Companies Act of 1956 came into force.
9/29/1992Forex norms relaxed for wide range of purposes.
5/26/1948First ever trade agreement with Pakistan.