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Historical Event on 10/16/1997

Queen Elizabeth visits Kalakshetra where she witnesses Bharatanatyam show and film shooting at MGR Film City, Taramani in Chennai. She also goes to Kancheepuram and Sriperumbudur (Rajiv Gandhi memorial).

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/11/1991Tax concessions announced.
1/8/1981India all out for 63 runs in one-day international vs Australia.
12/11/1843Robert Koch, famous French scientist, was born in Clausthal village, Germany.
6/14/1996CBI grills PV Prabhakar Rao, son of former PM, for his involvement in the Rs. 133 crore NFL urea import scandal.
11/15/1991Insurance official Dr. S.L. Khosa freed in Kashmir in exchange for a militant.
11/3/1996Deve Gowda, PM, to attend G-15 summit in Harare. This was his first foreign trip as PM.
12/4/1990Maharashtra Gomantak Party withdraws support to Goa ministry led by Dr. Luis Proto Barbosa.
6/14/1947Congress Working Committee met at New Delhi to draft the resolution to be placed before All India Congress Committee on the acceptance of Mountbatten plan for the partition of India.
8/12/1897Major Gegeral Himmat Singh, Governor of Himachal Pradesh and Duputy Defence Minister, was born.
11/18/1911Free primary school education is introduced.