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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 |
| 1/2/1967 | University established at Berhampur in Orrisa State. |
| 2/19/1997 | Massive blowout in ONGC oil field at Devarapally, A.P. |
| 1/31/2000 | All seven accused in the Jain hawala case discharged. |
| 10/2/1904 | Lal Bahadur Shastri, the second Prime Minister of India (1964-66), was born in Mughalsarai near Benaras in Uttar Pradesh. |
| 2/25/1923 | S. Kumaran, political, social reformer and Trade Union worker, was born in Alleppey, Kerala. |
| 6/14/1929 | Jatindra Nath Das was arrested in Calcutta. |
| 9/24/1947 | Pakistani raiders invade Kashmir. |
| 9/26/1999 | Six selected for Shanti Swaroop award for Science. |
| 1/17/1993 | LTTE commander Sadasivan Krishnakumar alias Kittu was killed in a ship blaze off Madras coast. |
| 2/19/1915 | Gopal Krishna Gokhale, social reformer, political leader and freedom fighter, passed away. |
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