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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 |
| 11/30/1896 | Gandhiji sails for South Africa with wife and children. |
| 12/19/1860 | Lord Dalhousie, Governor General of India (1848-1856), died. |
| 4/10/1937 | Shridhar Vyanktesh Ketkar, creator of Maharashtra Gyankosh and Sociologist, passed away. |
| 4/27/1996 | First phase of election for 11th Lok Sabha, and assembly election in 6 states. |
| 10/10/1996 | UP polls throw up a hung assembly. |
| 1/4/1999 | Karnataka's Farah Khan made it three-in-a-row in the National ladies billiards championship in Delhi. |
| 1/4/1999 | Sikh Guru, Guru Nanak Dev, was born on Baisakhi in a Khatri family in Talwandi Rae Bhoe in Pakistan, known as Nankana Sahib. Guru Nanak's birthday has been traditionally celebrated on Katik Poornamashi. Althought the correct birth date has been established as Vaisakh 1 (April 14), it will continue to be celebrated on Katik Poornamashi until such time as it is changed to Vaisakh 1. (Most Sikhs in the present day consider themselves members of a separate religion.). |
| 3/18/1998 | A.B. Vajpayee, the Prime Minister-designate, releases the 'national agenda for governance' in New Delhi. It is silent on the Ram temple issue, scrapping of Article 370 and a uniform civil code. |
| 12/24/1999 | Indian Airlines Kathmandu-Delhi Airbus 300 with 186 people on board hijacked shortly after take-off. |
| 12/24/1999 | Akbar, great Mughal Emperor, won Kabul. |
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