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Historical Event on 7/16/1997

Kamal Hassan gets best actor award for ''Indian'' while Tabu bags best actress award for ''Maachis''.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/15/1996Victoria Terminus (VT) station in Mumbai renamed Chhatrapati Shivaji Railway Terminus by the Centre.
2/16/1993Dr. U.R. Ananta Murthy elected President of the Kendra Sahitya Academy.
5/28/1972Edward VIII, King of Great Britain/N Ireland/emperor (India 1936), passed away at the age of 77.
1/6/1953Stalin Peace Prize awarded to Dr. S. Kitchlew.
6/10/1833Azad Muhammad Jussain, Urdu poet and educationalist, was born.
4/2/1992Agajan Baig (Aga), famous Hindi film actor, passed away.
9/29/1994Gulf nations suspend Indian flights on account of plague epidemic.
6/6/1981The worst-ever railway accident took place in Bihar when a train plunged in Samastipur river.
5/21/1996General Election (11th) of India ended.
2/12/1985Fire aboard M.V. Chidambaram, an Indian liner sailing from Singapore to Madras, killed 34 people.