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Historical Event on 3/16/1997
Saidian Shafi, correspondent, Ankhon Dekhi', TV news magazine, and his personal security officer killed by militants in Srinagar.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/1/1998 | Finance Minister announced the Swadeshi budget. |
| 9/9/1999 | Mahesh Bhupathi and Ai Sugiyama won the mixed doubles title in the U.S. Open. |
| 3/17/1910 | Smt. Anutai Wagh, great social worker, passed away. |
| 2/25/1894 | Meher Baba (1894-1969) of Poona, Indian saint of Persian origin and gifted with psychic powers of prediction, was born. The mystical teachings of this silent sage stressed love, self-inquiry and God consciousness. |
| 7/24/1991 | Union budget imposes all-round price hike. |
| 1/29/1953 | Dattatreya Balkrishna Kalelkar ""Kaka Saheb"" was appointed as the Chairman of the Backward Classes Commission. |
| 6/4/1989 | Melville de Mellow, Eminent broadcaster, died. |
| 2/3/1997 | Major fire reduces Calcutta Book Fair to ashes. |
| 10/31/1876 | Cyclone hits Bengal centered near Bakarganj (now in Banlgadesh), about 200,000 die. |
| 8/16/1922 | Raunaq Singh, great industrialist and philanthropist, was born at Daska. |
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