St. Louis, Kansas City, Springfield, Columbia Indian Community - MOIndian.com
| | | | | | | | | | | |
 


 

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
3/22/1709It is assumed that Goswami Tulsidas started writing his great epic 'Ramcharitmanas' in Samvat 1631.
1/29/1998Suicide by more than 50 farmers reported in the Telangana region in the past few days.
2/14/1990An Indian Airlines Airbus crashes at Bangalore killing 92 people.
10/31/1997Autonomous Prasar Bharati with enough muscle to get Government off its back is promised by Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Jaipal Reddy, while announcing changes to Prasar Bharati Act in New Delhi.
1/25/1950The post of the Governor General of India was abolished.
10/18/1927Ramesh Vithaldas Divecha, cricketer (11 wickets for India in early 50's), was born in Bombay.
2/25/2000Justice M. Srinivasan (63), Supreme Court Judge at the Apollo Hospital, New Delhi, died after prolonged illness.
2/9/1946Demonstrations were held against the trial of the INA men. The ratings and a few units of the Royal Indian Navy rise in open Mutiny in Mumbai harbours.
2/9/1946Vasco De Gama, Portuguese navigator who discovered India, died in Cochin.
9/30/1996Centre gives its consent to Tamil Nadu government's decision to rename Madras as Chennai.