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Historical Event on 2/16/1982

Sibnath Banerjee, great social worker and leader, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/23/1997I.K. Gujral, PM, leaves for Edinburgh to attend Commonwealth Heads of Govt. Meeting.
3/31/1904British slaughter hundreds of Tibetans.
7/1/1992Truck operators begin nation-wide strike to press for the abolition of toll tax and octroi.
5/8/1971Mohinder Singh Gill at Fresno sets record for TJ in 16.79.
4/6/1985Bombay beat Delhi by 90 runs to win the Ranji Trophy final.
4/15/1658Raja Jaswant Singh was defeated at Dharmat. He was sent by Shahjahan and Dara Shukoh to resist Aurangzeb's advance towards Agra.
12/28/1981Madras-Penang undersea cable commissioned.
12/19/2000The Government suffers an embarrassing defeat with the Rajya Sabha adopting a motion recording its ""disagreement'' with the Prime Minister for defending three of his Cabinet colleagues charged in the Babri Masjid demolition case.
8/3/1998India's most sophisticated medium range surface-to-air missile ''Akash'' was test-fired from the interim test range at Chandipur-on-sea.
1/11/1994Shankarrao Savekar, veteran cameraman of film industry, passed away.