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Historical Event on 3/16/1997

Saidian Shafi, correspondent, Ankhon Dekhi', TV news magazine, and his personal security officer killed by militants in Srinagar.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/20/1997RBI relaxes capital adequacy norms for commercial banks.
2/9/1964Hanumant Singh scores 105 runs on his debut match during the India vs England cricket tournament at Delhi.
2/9/1964Babur Shah was declared as the Emperor of Dehli.
7/14/1636Aurangzeb was appointed as Shahjahan by Viceroy of Deccan.
5/2/1996General Election 2nd phase begins in 204 LS and 223 Assembly constituencies spread over 17 States & union territories.
7/1/1992Central Railway started special train for ladies in Mumbai.
3/28/1978Nafisa Joseph, Miss India Universe (1997), was born.
4/24/1993Congress dissidents K. N. Singh, Natwar Singh, K. L. Fotedar and Shiela Dikshit suspended.
12/13/2000All 12 battalions of the Manipur Rifles Personnel strike from work.
5/26/1931One hundred miners were trapped beneath a blazing mine. It was thought that there were unlikely to be any survivors in Madras.