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Historical Event on 3/16/1997
The first batch of three Russian-made Sukhoi-30 combat aircraft reaches India.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/11/1956 | The PM announced in the Lok Sabha the conclusion of the Netaji Inquiry Committee that Netaji did die in an air-crash. |
| 12/19/1917 | Ashoknath Banerjee, Governor of Karnataka, was born. |
| 8/3/1998 | India's most sophisticated medium range surface-to-air missile ''Akash'' was test-fired from the interim test range at Chandipur-on-sea. |
| 6/19/1997 | Indian flag cargo ship, M. V. Arcadia Pride, sinks in inclement weather, seven nautical miles off Colaba, Mumbai, leaving four sailors dead and 20 missing. In the rescue and search operation by the Indian Navy, nine persons were rescued. |
| 1/8/1872 | Hemchandra Goswami, ancient Asamia literature expert, historian, editor and poet, was born. |
| 3/28/1963 | First meeting of the National Aeronautical Laboratory Executive Council held under the chairmanship of J R D Tata. |
| 6/29/1976 | Sandhya Chib, Miss India-Universe (1996), was born. |
| 5/2/1922 | Kedarnath Modi, great Industrialist in Maharashtra, was born. |
| 4/24/1932 | 450 people seized by British for defying ban on Indian National Congress. |
| 5/17/1991 | Prabhakar Machve, great litterateur, passed away. |
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