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Historical Event on 2/16/1997
Ramakrishna Hegde launches a new national political party, Lok Shakti.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/17/1960 | Agreement reached with Pakistan on the distribution of the River Indus and its tributaries. |
| 12/27/1911 | Jana Gana Mana.... ,' India ' s National Anthem, was first sung at the Indian National Congress session held at Calcutta. |
| 8/16/2000 | Rangarajan Kumaramangalam, Union Power Minister, goes into a coma after multiple organ failure. |
| 4/15/1919 | British troops kill 400 Indians, who were demonstrating against the British rule at Amritsar for the forced marshall law on Punjab. |
| 6/11/1921 | Snehlata, social reformer and politician, was born at Mathura, U.P. |
| 6/22/1898 | The last total Solar Eclipse of 19th century was seen in India. |
| 11/25/1998 | Nitish Kumar, Railway Minister, lays the foundation stone for the Chengalpattu-Arakkonam gauge conversion in Kancheepuram. The Kanchi Shankaracharyas stay away from the function following a controversy triggered over the invitation extended to them by the Railways. |
| 5/17/1999 | Sonia Gandhi resigns as Congress president but the CWC(I) rejects it. |
| 7/23/1903 | Chandra Shekhar Azad was born Today in 1903 |
| 2/15/1920 | Kanti Mehta, trade unionist, was born at Calcutta. |
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