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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 |
| 12/20/1904 | Virendranarayan Chakravorthy, former Indian Ambassador in England and Governor of Haryana, was born. |
| 8/1/1953 | All Private Airlines were nationalised by establishing of All Airlines India International. |
| 4/21/1994 | Malayalam sweeps national film awards. Mammootty, Shobhana best actor and actress; T.V. Chandran best director; Buddadeb Das Gupta's Bengali 'Charachar' adjudged best film. |
| 7/22/1993 | Swiss Justice ministry reveals that Hindujas, Quatrocchi and Win Chadha are among the seven appellants fighting to prevent the transfer of Bofors pay off names to India. |
| 12/12/1721 | Balaji Bajirao (Nanasaheb Peshwa), third Peshwa, was born. |
| 6/5/1927 | Sarjit Singh Bal, educationist, was born in Renala Khurd, Punjab. |
| 1/21/1924 | Professor Madhu Dandavate, former Finance Minister, was born at Ahmednagar. |
| 3/1/1955 | Pakistan vs India five Test Cricket series ends in a 0-0 draw. |
| 6/16/1950 | Mithun Chakravorty, famous Hindi film actor, was born. |
| 9/22/1986 | India vs Australia Test Cricket at Madras finishes in a tie. |
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