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Historical Event on 4/16/1997

G. Kishenchand, former Indian Test cricketer, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/27/1857Nana Sahib was captured at Kanpur.
11/18/1839P Barron discovered Nainital and he was the British sugar merchant of Shahjahanpur.
5/17/1980V. S. Kumar Anandan sets record of balancing on one foot for continuous 33 hrs.
5/27/1991Justice J.S. Verma of the Supreme Court appointed to probe into Rajiv Gandhi murder case.
3/18/1998A.B. Vajpayee, the Prime Minister-designate, releases the 'national agenda for governance' in New Delhi. It is silent on the Ram temple issue, scrapping of Article 370 and a uniform civil code.
11/5/2000The Interpol issues a ""look-out'' notice for the five persons and two of their accomplices, who hijacked an Indian Airlines plane in December 1999
6/5/1996United Front Govt's Common Minimum Programme announced.
5/7/1990Foundation stones are laid in Ayodhya for a new temple at the birthplace of Lord Rama as Hindu nationalism rises. Government disallows the Shilanyas.
6/22/1940Netaji Subhashchandra Bose established the 'Forward Block' after differences with Congress leaders.
1/26/2000Mr. K. Vadivel Raj gets the 1999 Kabir Puraskar for rescuing 11 persons of another community during caste violence in September 1998 in a village in Tamil Nadu.