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Historical Event on 11/16/1997

Sandalwood smuggler Veerappan offers to surrender.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/19/1999India's role in ASEAN, ARF is lauded at a colloquium in Singapore.
1/10/1987Sikh terrorists murder Punjab prison chief in Chandigarh.
8/15/1996Deve Gowda speaks in Hindi on the occasion of the 50th Independence Day.
3/30/1665Murarbaji died at Purandar fort during a battle with Dilerkhan.
6/13/1991Shiv Sharma, Doordarshan Director General, was shot at in Delhi by suspected Punjab terrorists.
8/30/1989Anti-government riots leave at least 11 dead.
10/15/1990Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Dr. Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (b-1918), the South African black nationalist leader who arrived in India on a five-day visit. He is the first non-Asian to get this honour.
9/25/1922Shri Nath Pai, freedom fighter, Barrister and Member of Parliament, was born in Konkan region of Maharashtra.
7/23/1904The Great Indian Peninsula Railway started First Class restaurant cars on its mail trains.
11/8/1997India lifts Asia Cup tennis title in Delhi.