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Historical Event on 4/16/1997

G. Kishenchand, former Indian Test cricketer, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/13/1951Acharya Kishoridas Vajpayee passed away.
3/24/1855First long distance telegram message was opened between Agra and Calcutta at a distance of 1,300 km.
10/11/1968Rashtrasant Tukdoji Maharaj passed away. (Samadhee)
10/3/1950India protests U.N. troops' crossing of 38th parallel in New York.
5/28/1989Kerala diocese of Marathakavalli was the first Christian priest in India.
7/27/1991Army called out in Srinagar valley after an attack on security forces in which 17 persons were killed.
3/28/1914Komagata Maru sailed from Hong Kong to Vancouver with 351 Sikhs and 21 Punjabi Muslim youths under the captaincy of Sardar Gurjeet Singh as a part of 'Ghadar' Movement.
2/19/1992A 12-member Congress (I) TUJS coalition ministry led by S. R. Burman sworn in Tripura.
3/25/1996CBI gives a clean chit to PM Rao in the St. Kitts case.
1/14/1926Mahashweta Devi was born at Jinda Bahar Lane, Dhaka.