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Historical Event on 3/16/1986

Internationally wanted criminal Charles Sobharaj and 6 other prisoners escape from Tihar Jail.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/13/1998India and Germany sign an agreement on promoting and protecting investment in Bonn.
1/18/1990Farooq Abdullah, J&K CM, quits.
9/17/1999India and the United States begin high level consultations to find ways on countering terrorism.
9/17/1999Radiya Sultan, first lady ruler of Delhi throne, passed away in a battle.
10/12/1997Queen Elizebeth II, accompanied by husband Duke of Edinburgh Philips, arrived in New Delhi on a week-long state visit to mark India's 50th anniversary of Independence.
1/17/1941Subhashchandra Bose went underground at Calcutta. He appeared in Moscow after sone days.
3/1/1916Habib Rahman, great Architect, was born at Calcutta.
11/30/1920N. B. Kamat, filmmaker and distributor, was born.
7/4/1902Swami Vivekanand (Narendra Vishwanath Dutta), Indian religious leader and social reformer, died at Memorial Rock, KanyaKumari. His brilliant career came to a sudden end only at the age of 39.
7/16/1929Indian Council of Agricultural Research, an autonomous apex national organisation which plans, conducts and promotes research, education, training and transfer of technology for advancement of agriculture and allied sciences, was established. It has 45 Central Research Institutes, 4 National Bureaux, 10 Project Directorates, 30 National Research Centres, 90 All India Co-ordinated Research Projects, 261 Krishi Vigyan Kendras and 8 Trainers Training Centres.