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Historical Event on 2/16/1997

Tribal militants kill 21 persons in Tripura.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/3/1818Maratha wars between British & Maratha Confederacy in India ends.
10/17/1999Chiranjeev Milkha Singh won the Lexus International Golf tournament in Bangkok.
12/28/1981Salman Rushdie is awarded the Booker Prize for Midnight's Children.
2/14/1985Dr. Nagendra Singh elected World Court Chief.
3/9/1966India yields to Sikh demand for Punjab-speaking state.
1/18/1999Prof. Amartya Sen, Nobel Laureate, is selected for Bharat Ratna.
7/28/1921The All-India Congress Party votes to boycott a forthcoming visit by the Prince of Wales and urges a boycott of imported cloth.
12/11/1881Subramania Bharati was born at Ettaiyapuram.
8/7/1999A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, appeals to the United States to name Pakistan as a terrorist state.
11/24/1941Indian infantry attacks German tanks at Sidi Omar.