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Historical Event on 8/16/1997
Bodo extremists kill 13 villagers in Nalbari district in Assam.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/11/1947 | Temple of Vithoba in Pandharpur opened for Harijans. Ganpatrao Tapase was the first harijan to enter the temple. |
| 10/10/1927 | Bansilal, leader of Lokdal Party, was born |
| 11/23/1897 | Nirad Chandra Chaudhuri, writer, was born. |
| 12/27/1985 | The Indian National Congress party, led by Rajiv Gandhi, begins its centenary celebrations in Bombay. . |
| 7/16/1905 | A decision to boycott British goods was taken at Bagarhat. |
| 4/30/1991 | BJP election manifesto promises Presidential form of government. |
| 9/9/1997 | G. K. Moopanar, Tamil Maanila Congress president, and his party colleagues Jayanthi Natarajan, Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation, and Peter Alphonse, resign from Rajya Sabha membership following a petition filed by Shiv Sena member Sanjay Nirupam seeking their disqualification 'for defecting from Congress(I)'. |
| 10/19/1925 | B. Shankaranand, former central minister, was born. |
| 10/19/1925 | Vasco De Gama, Portuguese navigator who discovered India, died in Cochin. |
| 1/12/1906 | Pandit Mahadeo Shastri Joshi, dictionary creator, was born. |
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