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Historical Event on 2/16/1998

Delhi-Tamil Nadu Ranji Trophy super-league encounter in Chennai comes to an abrupt halt with Delhi skipper and batsman Ajay Sharma sighting boot marks short of the good length area.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/1/1764Battle of Anvadi.
8/15/1995P.V Narasimha Rao introduces the mid-day meal scheme for the primary school children under the Central Government Welfare Programme.
5/12/1666Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj meet Aurangzeb and was arrested.
9/29/1970Union Carbide India Ltd in Bombay was commissioned Reclamation Plant Sewage Water of India for commercial use.
10/9/1993C. R. Rangachari, cricketer (4 Tests for India, 8 runs @ 2.66, 9 wkts @ 54.78), passed away.
10/28/1962US pledges to rush arms to India.
2/20/1827Mahatma Jyotirao Govindrao Phule, great social worker and founder of `Satyashodhak Samrajya', was born in Pune.
3/30/1977Swami Agnivesh merged his 'Bhartiya Aryasabha Party' in Janata Party.
7/29/1987India and Sri Lanka sign peace accord at Colombo in a bid to end the 5-year old ethnic trouble. This stance taken thereafter by the LTTE added several dimensions to the scenario. It was a multi-purpose role that the Navy has been required to play.
12/31/196199 Infantry Brigade Group, under Brigadier K S Raja, launched operations in Katanga province and regained full control of Katanga amidst stiff resistance offered by a break away faction (Katangese gendarmerie).