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Historical Event on 8/16/1997
Krishan Kant, Andhra Pradesh's Governor, elected as the Vice President of India.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/25/1956 | Lal Bahadur Shastri, Railway Minister, resigns from the office or Railway Minitery, taking moral responsibility for Ayyapan rail disaster thus setting a rare example for politicians. |
| 12/30/1964 | 500 people seized by Chinese spies. |
| 11/12/1930 | First 'Round Table Conference' started in London. Only Muslim League party was present in the conference and there were no representative of Congress. 16 Indian Kings, 23 British representatives and other 56 Indians took part in this conference. The Muslim League consisted of Sir Agha Khan, Mohammed Ali Jauhar, Quaid-e-Azam, Sir Mohammed Shafi, Fazl-ul-Haq, Chaudhary Zafarullah and Ghulam Hussain. |
| 11/23/1926 | Satya Sai Baba, Hindu universalist renaissance charismatic guru, educationalist and worker of miracles, was born. |
| 8/18/1700 | Bajirao I, the second peshwa, was born. |
| 2/24/1995 | 25 jawans die in an explosion in Brahmaputra Mail near Nilalong station about 200 km from Guwahati. |
| 8/23/1942 | Gorabai Katiya, freedom fighter, was shot by police while participating in a procession for freedom movement in Narsihapur. |
| 1/18/1947 | Kundanlal Saigal, famous film star and unique singer, died at Jalandhar. |
| 7/20/1954 | Armistice for Indo-China signed. |
| 10/3/1996 | National Conference swept back to power in J & K with a landslide victory. |
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