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Historical Event on 2/16/1986

The Silver Jubilee of I.N.S.- Vikrant, India's only aircraft carrier, fails.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/25/1999India blasts its way into the global satellite launch vehicle market with the PSLV-C2 deploying two foreign satellites besides the Indian remote sensing satellite, IRS-P4.
6/22/1917Mohy-id-Din Hajini, famous Hindi writer and professor, was born at Kashmir (Hajin).
4/18/1991Kerala declared the first fully literate state in the country.
9/29/2000Tata Ramachandra Prasad to be the next Cabinet Secretary.
1/4/1966ndo-Pak Summit, the peace talk between Pakistan and Indian leaders, started at Tashkent. The prominent personalities were Lal Bahadur Shastri and Gen. Ayub Khan.
11/29/1993Jahangir Ratanji Dadabhai Tata ""J.R.D. Tata"", Bharat Ratna awardee, Father of Modern Indian Industries and founder of Indian Aviation industry, passed away at 89 in Gen
12/20/1956Saint Gadgebaba died.
9/9/1872Sarladevi Chaudharani, Bengali poet, was born.
5/1/1908Praful Chaki committed suicide after he threw a bomb on Judge Kingsford of Mujaffarpur, killing two inocent women.
5/16/1933Shani, writer of novel 'Kalajal' and film 'Shaukin', was born.