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Historical Event on 9/16/1997
General Manager of Tata Tea remanded to judicial custody on charges of abetting and aiding ULFA.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/18/1953 | Riots against increase in streetcar fares continue with demonstrators taking control of parts of Calcutta. |
| 12/11/1971 | The elite para-commandos and parachute battalions -India's 'Red Devils', as they are affectionately called, have an unsurpassed ethos and elan of their own. 2 Para Battalion executed a superb airborne assault operation at Tangail in East Pakistan, which was the first of its kind in the subcontinent. |
| 4/11/1913 | Iron ropes bridge known as 'Laxman Jhula' was constructed over Ganga at Hrishikesh |
| 9/12/1974 | . C. Yohannan at Teheran, sets record for LJ in 8.07. |
| 5/21/1994 | Sushmita Sen (Miss India), 18, was crowned as the 43rd Miss Universe. |
| 5/10/1982 | Karnataka Kranti Ranga led by Devaraj Urs comes into being. |
| 10/5/1989 | Meerasahib Fatima Beevi, former High Court judge from Kerala, was named the first woman judge of the Supreme Court. |
| 5/25/1937 | Munshi Ajmeri passed away. |
| 4/5/1984 | Rakesh Sharma,Squadron leader, becomes India's first spaceman when he is launched aboard Soyuz T-11 of Soviet Union. |
| 10/5/1676 | East India company got authority from the King of England to mint Indian currencies 'Rupee and Paise' coins in Bombay. |
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