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Historical Event on 2/16/1997
Ramakrishna Hegde launches a new national political party, Lok Shakti.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/15/1997 | K. R. Narayanan, President, posthumously confers nation's highest peace-time gallantry award 'Ashok Chakra' to second Lieutenant Puneet Dutta. |
| 12/25/1861 | Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya, freedom fighter and founder of Banaras Hindu University, was born at Allahabad. |
| 4/1/1997 | Govt. clarifies it is illegal to carry a child on a two-wheeler in addition to a pillion rider. |
| 3/9/1996 | India wins India-Pakistan World Cup Quater Final cricket match in Bangalore (Wills World Cup). This was the last international match played by Javed Miandad. |
| 3/2/1994 | President's rule in J & K extended. |
| 12/9/1942 | Dr. Dwarkanath Kotnis, doctor of international fame, died at Kokun village, China. |
| 6/1/1998 | The Prasar Bharati Bill is introduced in the Lok Sabha to revive the Prasar Bharati Act, 1990. |
| 11/6/1905 | Ram Bachan 'Aravind' Dwivedi, great Hindi, Bhojpuri poet and writer, was born at Dubouli, Bihar. |
| 12/14/1864 | Jagat Narayan, law expert and educationist, was born. |
| 5/12/1937 | George VI is crowned. |
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